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Westward Expansion Vocabulary

Authored by KRISTINA SANTIAGO

History

8th Grade

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Westward Expansion Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a primary source in history?

Diary

Biography

Article

Autobiography

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What does the term 'Manifest Destiny' refer to?

The belief that Americans had a God-given right to expand West.

The end of Native American tribes

The growth of the American economy

The completion of the Transcontinental railroad

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1877?

To divide Native American reservations and give land to individual Native Americans

To encourage people to move West by giving them free land

To connect the East and West with a train route

To build a human-made waterway across New York state

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What was the impact of the Homestead Act?

It caused the near extinction of bison/buffalo

It led to the end of some Native American tribes

It resulted in the loss of Native American culture

It encouraged people to move West by giving them free land

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the Erie Canal?

To build a human-made waterway across New York state

To divide Native American reservations and give land to individual Native Americans

To encourage people to move West by giving them free land

To connect the East and West with a train route

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The painting made in 1872 of a woman is carrying telephone/telegraph wires (communication) and representing bringing culture and technology to the West is titled_________.

American Woman

American Progress

American Painting

American Angel

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

 A __________________ is an area of land reserved for a tribe or tribes under agreement with the United States govt; Natives were expected to live an American lifestyle

Ghetto

Environment

Reservation

City

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