American History Quiz 1 Westward Expansion

What term describes the process of adapting or adjusting to the dominant culture of a nation or group?

• Immigration

• Americanization

• Assimilation

• Exoduster

What new technology made from steel contributed to the closing of the open range and ending the cattle drives?

• Federal Land Grant

• Barbed Wire

• Long Drive

• Homesteader

What industry was stimulated by the railroads and led to the prosperous beef business?

• Cattle Industry

• Homesteader Industry

• Federal Land Grant

• Immigration Industry

Who took advantage of the Homestead Act?

• Immigrants

• Exodusters

• Homesteaders/Farmers

• Cattle Industry Workers

Who were the settlers that took advantage of the Homestead Act?

• Exodusters

• Homesteaders/Farmers

• Immigrants

• Federal Land Grantees

What is a reservation?

• A house built of mud and grass

• Government land that was undesirable and located in the western U.S.

• A farm machine that made farming more efficient

• A law passed in 1924

What does the term "rural" refer to?

• Located outside of a city

• A house built of mud and grass

• A farm machine that made farming more efficient

• A law passed in 1862

What does the 14th Amendment provide?

• Citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection under the law

• Made slavery illegal

• Allowed all males to vote regardless of race

• Granted U.S. citizenship to Native Americans

What did the American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 grant?

• Made slavery illegal

• Provided citizenship and due process of law

• Allowed all males to vote regardless of race

• Granted U.S. citizenship to Native Americans

Match the following purposes with their corresponding historical acts.

• Dawes Act of 1887

• To assimilate Native American tribal groups by making them farm

• 13th Amendment

• To allow all males to vote regardless of race

• Transcontinental Railroad Act

• To link the Atlantic and Pacific coasts

• 15th Amendment

• To make slavery illegal