Westward Expansion: Native American Experience

Which phrase best completes the diagram?

• Lure Native Americans to migrate to the frontier

• Entice Native Americans to move to urban areas

• Give Native Americans jobs in the federal bureaucracy

• Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle

What did the passage of the Homestead Act of 1862 and the Pacific Railway Act demonstrate about the federal government?

• It was committed to settling the Western territories.

• It was concerned about conserving natural resources.

• It was unwilling to move American Indian tribes to reservations.

• It was determined to break up business trusts harmful to free enterprise.

Based on the map, which statement can best be concluded about Native Americans in the northern Great Plains from 1875-1890?

• They were given back their land previously taken from them.

• They were forced to give up some of their land as settlers moved west.

• They were required to absorb into society by moving away from reservations.

• They were encouraged to combine their territories into one centralized reservation.

What was a negative aspect of the "Americanization" policy of the late 1880s for American Indians?

• Indians attended reservation schools and learned a trade.

• Indians could own and farm 160 acres of their own land.

• Indians learned English and could gain the right to vote.

• Indians saw the survival of their traditional cultures threatened.

According to the federal government, what was the objective of the Dawes Act of 1887?

• to grant immediate and full citizenship rights to Native Americans

• to move Native Americans into the cities to supply industrial labor

• to encourage assimilation of Native Americans by farming 160 acres

• to restore lands to the Native Americans tribes that had lost lands to white settlers

Answer explanation

The Dawes Act of 1887 aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by allotting them 160 acres of land taken from the tribe as a whole, promoting individual land ownership and farming.

During the forced relocation of Native American tribes by the United States government in the nineteenth century, where were most of the reservations located?

• The government created the reservations on the ancestral lands of the tribes so that they could have continued access to it.

• The government created the reservations in newly acquired territories in the American West.

• The government created most of the reservations in California to prevent any threat to the industrial east coast.

• The government created most of the reservations in the Northwest Territory under the provisions of the Northwest Ordinance.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is that the government created the reservations in newly acquired territories in the American West, as this was part of the policy to relocate Native American tribes away from their ancestral lands.

Many Native Americans relied heavily on the buffalo for many of their basic needs. In what way did industrialization affect the buffalo population in the United States?

• Due to fears that the buffalo population was threatened by westward expansion, the US government designated the buffalo as a protected species.

• The development of the steam engine resulted in decreased Native American reliance on the buffalo and the population quickly grew in size.

• The development of mass production techniques in the textile industry caused an increase in demand for buffalo hide and the population decreased dramatically.

• The buffalo were killed for their furs and to drive away Native Americans who occupied land that the federal government desired for the development of railroads.

The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the

• rise of organized labor.

• building of the Erie Canal.

• northern migration of African Americans.

• decline of the Plains Indians.

What Act took land from Indian tribes, giving it to specific Indian families?

• Homestead Act
• Morril Act
• Dawes Act
• Reconstruction Act

What spiritual Native movement led by Wovoka hoped to get back land from white people and bring back the buffalo?

• Indian / Calvary Wars

• Bison Quest

• Red Power

• Ghost Dance