Westward Expansion

The United States Government was trying to encourage westward expansion with the... Act of 1862

• Homestead

• Home Lease

• Open Land

• Manifest Destiny

Who had an interest in moving west in the late 19th Century? Choose all that are correct.

• Irish Immigrants

• Manufacturing Workers

• Gold and Silver Prospectors

• Freedmen

Choose ALL that are true of the election of 1876 ...

• 2 states refused to submit their electoral votes

• It was too close to declare a winner

• It's the only time in history that voters in all states had to vote twice

• It was decided that Rutherford B. Hayes would be the winner

Why do some states have more electoral votes than others?

• They cover a larger area

• They have fewer cities

• They have a larger population

• They have been states longer

In exchange for agreeing to elect Rutherford B. Hayes as president, southern congresspeople demanded the... be removed from the south.

(a)  

The Compromise of 1876 is sometimes called a betrayal because...

• It hurt farmers

• It endangered freedmen

• It only counted democratic votes

• It damaged the reputation of the country

Under the act passed by Congress in 1862, you had to cultivate and improve land for... before you officially owned it.

• 3 years

• 5 years

• 7 years

• 3-1/2 years

In the... people were lured to California and Nevada to strike it rich.

• Gold Rush

• Gold Race

• Gold Run

• Gold Spike

One thing this image symbolizes is...

• The duty of European Americans to bring "light" and progress to the western states and territories

• Leaving behind technological advances in favor of adventure and possibility in the west

• The importance of using railroads instead of covered wagons to travel west

• The moral responsibility of European Americans to protect Native Americans and their lands

This is the size of a land grant that the U.S. Government offered as an incentive to move west. How much land is this? (photo is just because you were curious about the size yesterday. it's not a math problem haha)

• 360 acres

• 90acres

• 160 acres

• 190 acres