USH 1 Westward Expansion

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

The Exodusters were...

• former slaves
• current slaves
• current ranchers
• former ranchers

All of the following are causes of Westward migration EXCEPT

• The Civil War

• Gold Rush

• Manifest Destiny

• Homestead Act

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

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

• cultural diffusion

• amalgamation

• assimilation

• cultural absorption

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.

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

• Major Cities

• Railroads

• Improved agricultural land

• all of the above

Broke up reservations in order to "americanize" the Native Americans.

• The Homestead Act

• Compromise of 1870

• The Dawes Act

• Reconstruction Act

What did Native Americans use the Buffalo for?

• Food

• Shelter

• Clothing

• All of the above

How did the arrival of settlers change the Great Plains?

• Shift from hunting to farming

• Increase of the white settlers in the West

• Expansion of railroads and the rise of new towns

• All of the Above