USH: Unit 1-Day 1Westward Expansion Dawes Act Quiz

1. What was the main idea behind Manifest Destiny?

• The U.S. should remain isolated from other countries

• Americans had a right to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean

• All territories should remain under Native control

• The U.S. should expand into South America

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2. What Iaw gave settIers 160 acres of Iand if they agreed to farm it for five years?

• Dawes Act

• Land Redistribution Act

• Homestead Act

• Indian Removal Act

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3. One major challenge settlers faced on the Great Plains was

• Lack of trade routes

• Lack of gold

• Harsh weather and environmental conditions

• Dense forests and flooding

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4. Why did many Americans move west after the Civil War?

• To escape slavery

• For religious freedom

• For Iand and economic opportunity

• To work in Eastern factories

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5. What industry was most responsibIe for the creation of boomtowns in the West?

• Cattle ranching

• Mining

• Logging

Railroads

6. What effect did the Transcontinental Railroad have on the United States?

• lt caused the Civil War

• lt sIowed Western settlement

• lt connected markets and increased westward migration

• lt eliminated the need for mining

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7.Which immigrant groups played major roles in building the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Germans and French

• Irish and Chinese

• Russians and ltalians

• Mexicans and Japanese

8. What was one result of the expansion of railroads?

• Decrease in farming

• Native Americans gained more land

• Cattle drives became more efficient

• Gold rushes ended

9. What invention helped end the era of the open-range cattle drives?

• Windmil|l

• Steam engine

• Barbed wire

• Mechanical reaper

10. The main purpose of the Dawes Act was to

• Promote Native American tribal unity

• Force Native Americans to become farmers and adopt American culture

• Give Native land to freedmen

• Move settlers east of the Mississippi

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