Westward Expansion/Assimilation

​ (a)   removed Indian land from tribal possession, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families to encourage assimilation.

• Dawes Act
• Homestead Act
• Interstate Commerce Act
• Gospel of Wealth

​ (a)   provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.

• Homestead Act
• Dawes Act
• Ghost Dance Wars
• Ellis Island

A person moves from their home country to another country and starts adopting the culture, language, and habits of the new country. This scenario best matches which term?

• Monopoly

• Labor Union

• Philanthropy

• Assimilation

Native Americans were forced to assimilate at the Carlisle Indian School. They were taken from their homes and lived in boarding schools. What were examples of ways these students were assimilated to become more "American"?

• Expansionism of the Pacific Ocean which led to colonization of the Philippines

• The growth of cities led to a flight of citizens to the West

• Required to find gold in California

• Forced to speak English, changed names, and required to become Christians

"An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes."

What does the excerpt best explain?

• The use of the Dawes Act on Native Americans

• The abolishment of monopolies in the US

• War with Spain over the explosion of the USS Maine

• The corruption of political machines in major cities such as Chicago & New York City

The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?

• Native Americans

• Immigrants

• Chinese

• Settlers

Under the ​ (a)   in 1887, the U.S. Government sold Native American land in order to farm. Under the condition that they bettered the land.

• Dawes Act
• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Political Machines
• Laws Act

At the ​ (a)   Native Americans were forced to assimilate to become more "American". They were often in outing programs where they lived with white families.

• Immigration Centers
• Nativist Learning Centers
• Angel Island
• Carlisle Industrial Indian School

Which is TRUE about the Homestead Act?

• Had to improve the land and live on the land for 5 years

• It was signed in plan by President FDR to help with the Great Depression

• Excluded Chinese from immigrating to the US

• Removed poll taxes for all elections

Pressuring Native Americans to cut their hair, change their dress, and learn English are examples of:

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors