Founding Documents + Westward Expansion

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• To create the federal government of the United States

• To officially separate from Great Britain and be their own country

• To desire more goods from all nations

• To create an immigration quota

What piece of legislation distributed free land in the Great Plains and primarily attracted farmers?

• The Homestead Act

• The Interstate Commerce Act

• The Dawes Act

• The American Indian Citizenship Act

What invention limited the "open range" and led to the decline of the cowboys' importance?

• The Steam Locomotive

• Barbed Wire

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Bessemer Process

What precious metal was found in Klondike, Alaska in 1896?

• Platinum

• Coal

• Silver

• Gold

Which group of immigrants came to California to help build the railroad and risked death or injury blasting through the mountain?

• Chinese

• Mexicans

• British

• Whites

Which of the following statements describes how Westward Movement affected Native Americans?

• Many Native Americans were pushed off their homelands and forced onto reservations.
• They were paid for their land so that they could buy land elsewhere.
• Americans gained a better understanding of Native American culture and began treating them with respect.
• American pioneers offered to share the land with the Native Americans.

What is the name of the blue section on this map?

• The East

• The Central West

• Western Plateau

• Great Plains

Linked east and west; created markets!; created economic boom

• barbed wire

• transcontinental railroad

• telegraph

• steamboats

What is the Bill of Rights?

• The document signed giving us our independence from Great Britain.

• The first 10 amendments added to the Constitution.

• The 8 most important amendments added to the Constitution.

• The first 11 amendments added to the Constitution.

Which amendment protects you from having police officers come in to search your home without a warrant?

• 5th amendment

• 3rd amendment

• 8th amendment

• 4th amendment