Westward Expansion

Which invention changed the landscape of the West?

• Model T Ford

• Tractor

• Printing Press

• Barbed Wire

The climate of the Great Plains has-

• Low rainfall and frequent dust storms

• Mild winters and cool summers

• Frequent thunderstorms that often lead to flooding

• Extreme heat throughout the year

Which leader led the Nez Perce from their traditional homelands towards Canada?

• Chief Joseph

• Sitting Bull

• Geronimo

• Squanto

Why did American Indians fight against U.S troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• To defend their homeland and show opposition for Westward Expansion

• To gain representation in Congress

• To force the U.S government into selling their homelands

• To keep segregation and Jim Crow laws from spreading west

10 percent of all the land in the United States was settled through-

• Homestead Act of 1862

• 15th amendment

• Dawes Act

• Exodusters

Because of new technologies, people saw the Great Plains not as a "treeless wasteland" but as a-

• A vast area to be settled

• An area to relocate all new immigrants

• Land foe Indian Reservation

• The site for a new national park

Which law directly impacted the lifestyle of American Indians?

• Homestead Act

• 15th amendment

• Dawes Act

• Exodusters

Because there were so few trees on the Great Plains, many frontier families built-

• Longhouses

• Cabins

• Sod houses

• Teepees

Fierce and brace Apache leader who fled Mexico and staged raids against incoming white settlers.

• Chief Joseph

• Geronimo

• General Custer

• Sitting Bull

Before the Battle of Little Bighorn, who predicted an American Indian Victory?

• Chief Joseph

• Geronimo

• General Custer

• Sitting Bull