Key Concept 5D The Frontier

Which law offered 160 acres of public land to settlers in order to encourage westward expansion and agriculture?

• Morrill Land Grant Act

• Homestead Act

• Pacific Railway Act

• Dawes Severalty Act

What was the purpose of the Morrill Land Grant Act?

• To promote education in practical fields and expand opportunities for higher education

• To authorize the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad

• To establish boarding schools for Native American children

• To encourage individual land ownership for Native Americans

Guiding cattle across vast expanses of open land, facing challenges such as weather, rough terrain, and potential conflicts with Native American tribes in order to get them to railheads or markets in distant locations.

• Livestock Trading

• Cattle drives

• Cattle Grazing

• Railway Trade

A pivotal event in the Plains Indian Wars and is often remembered as a symbol of Native American resistance against westward expansion, where General Custer and his forces were defeated is known as...

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Severalty Act

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Battle of Little Bighorn

What was the goal of the Dawes Severalty Act?

• To offer 160 acres of public land to settlers

• To transport large herds of cattle over long distances

• To establish colleges focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts

• To assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society

What were the Boarding Schools in the United States established for?

• To promote education in practical fields and expand opportunities for higher education

• To assimilate Native American children into mainstream American culture

• To offer 160 acres of public land to settlers

• To transport large herds of cattle over long distances

The death of hundreds of Native Americans, including women and children and the last major confrontation between Native American tribes and the U.S. government in the American West is known as...

• Battle of Little Big Horn

• Fetterman Massacre

• Apache and Navajo Wars

• Wounded Knee Massacre

What did the Pacific Railway Act authorize the construction of?

• Individual land ownership for Native Americans

• Colleges focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts

• The First Transcontinental Railroad

• Boarding Schools