Crash Course: Westward Expansion

What did Frederick Jackson Turner argue was a key characteristic of American culture influenced by the West?

• Collectivism

• Political democracy

• Feudalism

• Isolationism

What was the primary reason for moving Native Americans off their land?

• To build schools

• To establish military bases

• To set down railroad tracks

• To create national parks

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887?

• To grant Native Americans citizenship

• To establish new reservations

• To build railroads

• To create national parks

What was the main factor that ended the days of open range ranching?

• The invention of the automobile

• The construction of more railroads

• The decline in cattle population

• The increase in cowboy wages

What did large-scale irrigation projects in the Great Plains necessitate?

• Small family farms

• Big capital investments

• Reduction in crop production

• Decrease in population