Westward Expansion Vocab Quiz

What was the 19th-century belief that justified and inevitable the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents?

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

• Dawes Act

• Buffalo Soldiers

What was the forced relocation and removal of Native American tribes, including the Cherokee, from their ancestral homelands to Indian Territory in the 1830s called?

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

• Reservation

• Homestead Act

What were the designated areas of land where Native American tribes were relocated to after being displaced from their original territories called?

• Reservation

• Indian Wars

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Cattle Drive

Which U.S. law aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by dividing tribal lands into individual plots?

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Transcontinental Railroad

Which law provided 160 acres of public land to settlers for a small fee, provided they improve the land by building a dwelling and cultivating crops?

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Transcontinental Railroad

Who were the African American soldiers who served in segregated army regiments in the western frontier after the Civil War?

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Sitting Bull

• Chief Joseph

• Homesteaders

What were the series of conflicts between Native American tribes and the U.S. government over territorial disputes and cultural differences called?

• Indian Wars

• Gold Rush

• Pioneer

• Trade Network

What tragic event in 1890 marked the end of the Indian Wars, where U.S. cavalry killed approximately 150-300 Sioux Native Americans?

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Sundance

• Pony Express

• Resilience

Who was the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux leader who played a key role in the Battle of Little Bighorn and later became a symbol of resistance against U.S. government policies?

• Sitting Bull

• Chief Joseph

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Homesteader

What was the process of moving a large herd of cattle from one area to another during the late 19th century called?

• Cattle Drive

• Frontier

• Assimilation

• Ghost Dance