Westward Expansion Quiz

What were TWO significant conflicts between American Indian tribes and the federal government during the Westward Expansion era?

• The French & Indian War

• The Ghost Dance Wars

• The Battle of Little Bighorn

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Battle of the Bulge

Match each piece of legislation with the correct effect.

• Divided tribal lands into parcels

• The Pacific Railway Act

• provided transportation to settlers

• The Dawes Act

• 270 million acres claimed by Americans

• The Homestead Act

"Thousands, hoping to ease the woes of economic depression, sold farms, dropped businesses, and boarded ships to follow their dreams north."

Which event does this excerpt describe?

• The Great Depression on Wall Street

• Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota

• The Klondike Rush in Alaska

• The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in Utah

What was a cause of changing demographic patterns during Westward Expansion?

• The Morrill Land Grant Act

• The Homestead Act

• The construction of sod homes in the Great Plains

• Railroad owners, known as "Railroad Barons"

What was one of the main purposes of the Transcontinental Railroad completed in 1869?

• To attract settlers to the East

• To reduce travel time across the United States

• To increase the cost of transportation

• To limit the expansion of the agricultural sector

What was one of the effects of the Americanization of American Indians?

• Increased frequency of military conflicts with American Indians

• Establishment of Native American boarding schools

• Preservation of traditional religious ceremonies

• Expansion of reservation lands into private property

What did American Indian children in boarding schools have to do?

• Maintain their native cultural practices

• Speak their native languages

• Attend Christian religious services

• Return to their tribal homes permanently

Explain TWO causes of westward expansion.

Answer explanation

Answers may include, but are not limited to:

1. Construction of a transcontinental railroad

2. Passage of the Homestead Act

3. Passage of the Pacific Railway Act
4. Federal Indian policies that led to reduced Indian populations, assimilation, and relocation

Railroad workers were primarily made up of which TWO groups?

• Chinese

• Irish

• German

• English

• Jewish

Select TWO places on the map that are within the Great Plains.