Review 3

How was the Dawes Act a significant difference from earlier federal Indian policy?

• It led to conflict between new settlers and Indian tribes on the Great Plains

• It moved Indian tribes still on the Great Plains to reservations farther west.

• It permitted Indians to withdraw private lots from tribal reservations.

• It encouraged the shooting of buffalo herds from new railroad lines.

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.

Offered plots of 160 acres to anyone willing to live on the land and improve it for a period of five years.

• Dawes Act

• Open Range

• Homestead Act

• Land Grant

How did the transcontinental railroad affect the nation?

• The nation shrank in size

• It slowed the development of industry

• The population in the West increased

• The population in the West decreased

Select the factors that led to rapid western settlement? (Select all that apply)

• The prospect of living side by side with Native Americans

• The completion of the transcontinental railroad

• The ability to hunt buffalo on the great plains

• The passage of the Homestead Act of 1862

• The lush farming conditions throughout the western territories