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USH 1 Westward Expansion

Authored by Betsy Burney

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11th Grade

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USH 1 Westward Expansion
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

Manifest destiny 
Monroe Doctrine 
Great Awakening 
Louisiana Purchase

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

The Exodusters were...

former slaves
current slaves
current ranchers
former ranchers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

All of the following are causes of Westward migration EXCEPT

The Civil War

Gold Rush

Manifest Destiny

Homestead Act

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?

to bring an end to cattle drives
to encourage settlement on the Great Plains
to build the Transcontinental Railroad
to provide a market for steel plows

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group

cultural diffusion

amalgamation

assimilation

cultural absorption

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

All of the following were effects of the government's policies on Native Americans EXCEPT:

Native Americans were moved to reservations.

Native Americans died from new diseases.

Native Americans were paid well for their land.

Native Americans were stripped of their culture due to assimilation.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

As a result of more migration out west more______ began to form.

Major Cities

Railroads

Improved agricultural land

all of the above

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