Westward Expansion

Where did railroad companies advertise to attract new settlers to the region?

• Europe
• The south
• Asia
• The west

What act divided up Indian reservations into plots of land to be given to the Indian families?

• Hayes Act
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• Bland-Allison Act
• Dawes Act

Which immigrant group was highly recruited to construct the transcontinental railroad in the West?

• South Americans

• Italians

• Jews

• Chinese

Settlers were able to claim 160 acres in the Great Plains as a result of the

• Homestead Act
• Civil Rights Act of 1866
• Dawes Act
• Wounded Knee Treaty

Which of the following was NOT a result of the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

• Great economic opportunities for Native Americans

• The creation of new towns and cities

• The establishment of a national marketplace

• Faster and more efficient means of transportation

What was the Long Drive?

• The distance from someone's home to work
• The migration of buffalo across the Plains 
• When wagon traffic was heavy
• The herding of cattle 1,000+ miles to meet the railroads 

__________ is the attempt to make a group's culture/language resemble those of another, larger group.

• Reservation

• Prospecting

• Assimilation

• Osmosis

Which of the following was a major change that resulted from the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• The government was able to claim more land along the West Coast

• Settlers began to travel west using the Oregon Trail

• Goods could be shipped east to west much faster.

• People could travel much easier from the North to the South

How did the transcontinental railroad change the economy of the United States?

• It transported agricultural products to processing centers and helped major industries such as flour milling and meat processing develop in cities like Chicago. 
• It transported people to the cities to work in factories. 
• It transported Native Americans to the west. 
•  It transported raw materials to build factories in the west. 

When white settlers moved into American Indian territory:

• it increased the political power of American Indians

• it made relations more peaceful between the two groups

• it gave American Indians access to better land for farming

• it led to violent conflicts with American Indians