Quiz on Westward Migration after the Civil War

What were the causes of westward migration after the Civil War? Choose 2.

• The completion of various transcontinental canals

• The Homestead Act

• The decline of farming technology

• The availability of free government land

What was the significance of the closing of the frontier according to Frederick Jackson Turner?

• A sign of stagnation

• A sign of progress

• A cause for concern

• A cause for celebration

What was the role of cowboys in the settlement of the West?

• Developing the reservation system

• Building fences to protect their land

• Driving cattle to market across the plains

• Assimilating Native Americans into American society

What ended the days of open cattle drives in the American West?

• The completion of various transcontinental railroads

• The Homestead Act

• The invention of barbed wire fencing

• The decline of farming technology

What was the purpose of the reservation system for Native Americans?

• To protect their cultural traditions

• To provide them with free government land

• To encourage westward migration

• To restrict their movement and assimilate them into American society

What was the Dawes Act of 1887?

• A law that divided reservation lands into small plots for farming

• A law that ended westward expansion

• A law that granted Native Americans full citizenship rights

• A law that protected the sovereignty of Indian nations

What was the goal of the assimilationist movement?

• To Christianize Native Americans

• To provide vocational training for Native Americans

• To preserve distinct Indian cultures

• To promote Indian sovereignty

What was the Ghost Dance Movement?

• A movement to promote Indian sovereignty

• A movement to preserve Indian cultural traditions

• A movement to drive the white man from Indian lands

• A movement to assimilate Native Americans into American society

What was the outcome of the Wounded Knee massacre?

• The end of Indian resistance

• The protection of Indian lands

• The preservation of buffalo herds

• The defeat of the U.S. Army by the Sioux

What was the main reason for the decline of Indian populations in the West?

• The Homestead Act

• The killing of buffalo herds

• The completion of various transcontinental railroads

• The invention of barbed wire fencing