Chpt. 6 Review

1-Which of the following was a result of the westward expansion of the United States:

• industrial production in the north decreased.
• agricultural production in the south increased.
• laws were passed to limit immigration from Europe.
• Native Americans were forced to relocate to new territories.

2-Which event had the most IMMEDIATE impact on the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains?

• the invention of the sod house
• the use of windmills for irrigation
• the success of the abolition movement
• the hunting of buffalo by U.S. citizens

3-Of the ones listed here, the factor that had the greatest impact on the eventual destruction of Native Americans' ways of life was the development of the..

• automobile
• highway.
• Railroad
• steamboat

4-The _____________ helped to further the Westward Expansion in the United States after 1865:

• California Gold Rush
• Abolition of Slavery
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Lewis and Clark Expedition

5- The Homestead Act was created to.....

• encourage people to populate U.S. territories west of the Mississippi River.
• provide people with economic incentives to settle in the territory of Florida.
• provide free blacks with “40 acres and a mule” in former Confederate states.
• offer former Confederate officers a place to live in return for their loyalty to the U.S.

6-The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was created to

• regulate interstate trade and commerce.
• give slaves land in the former Confederate states.
• institute the death penalty for crimes against federal officials.
• redistribute Indian lands from public to private ownership to help assimilate them into the US population.

7- This conflict between the US Army and Native Americans is considered to be the last great conflict that included the Native American people:

• Sand Creek Massacre
• Wounded Knee Massacre
• Battle of Horseshoe Bend
• Battle of Little Big Horn

8-What role did Congress play in the expansion of the railroad industry post-Civil War?

• They arranged to have thousands of laborers brought in from China.

• They provided railroad companies land free of charge.

• They spent tax money researching steam engine technology.

• They taxed the Confederate States heavily to fund construction.

9-"Move On!"-Has the native American no rights that the naturalized American is bound to respect...The author of this cartoon, Thomas Nast, would have been MOST LIKELY to oppose which of these 19th century laws?

• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• The Dawes Severalty Act
• The Chinese Exclusion Act

10-Although its stated purpose was to help Native Americans assimilate into American society, the Dawes Act was passed so that the U.S. government could

• restrict the number of foreign immigrants entering the country.
• remove them from lands to the east of the Appalachian Mountains.
• claim Indian tribal lands and open them to settlement by non-Indians.
• force Indian youth to attend boarding schools where they would become "Americanized."