Westward Expansion/ Industrialization

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

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

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific

• The Great Expansion

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Fever

• The Monroe Doctrine

Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?

• east

• Towns

• Reservations

• Camps

What are some climate issues that Pioneers had to face when moving west?

• Animals
• No food 
• Wagon trains
• Droughts, floods, tornadoes, dust storms

What government grant gave 160 acres of land to pioneers to farm for 5 years?

• New Land Act
• Homestead Act
• Free Land Act
• Welcome Home Act

What caused a rush of people to California? 

• Immigration to Mexico
• Gold
• Silver
• Farmland

Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.

• Nativism
• Ethnic Enclaves
• Assimilation

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

by breaking down the picture, what term is the picture depicting?

• manifest destiny

• homestead act

• dawes act

• transcontinental railroad