Westward Expansion Vocabulary and FLED Quiz

Select the term that is associated with this definition: changing behavior to better function in a place or situation.

• adapation

• assimilation

• avoidance

• artistry

Answer explanation

Due to a lack of stones and tress for building houses, Westward settlers had to adapt by using soil and grass, creating sod houses.

Select the two answers that describe what the "F" in FLED stand for?

• Frontier

• Flatlands

• Forrests

• Few Trees

Answer explanation

Few trees; the Great Plains are dominated by grasslands. Much of the Great Plains looks like the photo displayed here.

Which term describes the soldiers of the African American calvary regiments of the U.S. Army?

• World Whalers

• Jamaican Marleys

• Costal Attackers

• Buffalo Soldier(s)

Thinking about the "L" in FLED, what has caused the land to appear this way?

Type the term that is defined by absorbing a group into the culture of a larger population.

Answer explanation

Assimilation was a major goal of Native American policies in the late 19th century. Assimilation is the process of taking individuals or social groups and absorbing them into mainstream culture.

Select the term associated with this definition: to gradually destroy (something) or to be gradually destroyed by natural forces.

• erase

• evaporate

• erode

• electrocute

Answer explanation

The effects of wind and sand erosion are clearly visible on the Sphinx’s body. Imagine wind and dust storms eroding the land in the Great Plains. What do you think would be the result of erosion in the Great Plains?

What is meant when the land is eroded when we are discussing FLED?

Answer explanation

Water and wind are examples of nature that can cause erosion of the land. In the photo, wind continues to erode this crop land after a fire, making potential replanting and harvesting very difficult.

_______ is the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time.

1887 - A law that let the federal government divide Native American reservations into smaller pieces and give the land to individual Native Americans​ ​ (a)   ​

Name given to African Americans who migrated west from the South to escape Jim Crow oppression.​ (b)  

Vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains​ ​ (c)  

1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.​ ​ (d)  

Land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans​ ​ (e)  

• Dawes Act
• Exoduster
• Great Plains
• Homestead Act
• Reseravation
• Trail of Tears
• Black Codes
• Dust Bowl

Draw an example of what the "D" in FLED stands for.

Answer explanation

On the Great Plains, dust storms were so severe that crops failed to grow, livestock died of starvation and thirst and thousands of farm families lost their farms and faced severe poverty.