Chapter 11- Westward Expansion Test

Which Native region is represented in blue on the map?

• Great Basin

• Great Plains

• Northwest Coast

• Eastern Woodlands

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 

The Dawes Act broke up__________ and gave_________of land to Native Americans.

• reservations; allotments

• pueblos; parcels

• tribes; allotments

Why were Native Americans forced out of the Black Hills?

• gold was discovered

• the president wanted to live there

• they wanted more land

US Lieutenant Colonel George Custer and his men suffered a well known defeat at the -

• discovery of gold in the Black Hills
• Wounded Knee
• Battle of Little Bighorn

The Indian Wars ended in 1890 after US soldiers massacred unarmed Native American men, women, and children at -

• Carlisle Indian Industrial boarding school
• discovery of gold in the Black Hills
• Wounded Knee

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This act offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household.

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Cattle Act

Enormous single-crop spreads of 15,000–50,000 acres.

• Bonanza Farms

• Cattle Farms

• Great Plains Farms

What was a "social impact" of the Gold Rush in California during 1849?

• There was NO Social impact of the Gold Rush in 1849

• Population increased only from people from the United States

• Population increased in California from all over the world in search of gold to get rich

• Population decreased due to a lack of opportunities and resources in California