Western Expansion Late 1800s

Western Expansion Late 1800s

9th Grade

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26 Qs

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Western Expansion Late 1800s

Western Expansion Late 1800s

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

This offered 160 acres of land to any citizen or intended citizen that would cultivate the land for 5 years.

The Morrill Act

The Dawes Act

The Homestead Act

The Platt Amendment

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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The building of this opened up the American West to more rapid development in 1869. It connected two American coasts.

Panama Canal

Transcontinental Railroad

Chisholm Trail

Route 66

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

the railroads helped the Natives move east

Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and took away precious resources

the railroads increased the amount of land the Natives had

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

How did the development of the railroad impact the buffalo population?

the amount of buffalo did not change

the amount of buffalo decreased

the amount of buffalo increased

buffalo migrated east

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?

east

Towns

Reservations

Camps

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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The Dawes Act...

Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad

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