Westward Expansion/Great Plains(REVIEW)

Which three are adaptations to life in the West?

• Sod Houses

• Dry Farming

• Wooden Houses

• Beef Cattle

How did the steel plow help farmers of the Great Plains?

• It easily removed the seeds found in cotton plants.

• It allowed farmers to spread seeds for crops quickly.

• It had a fan that removed dust from the top layer of soil.

• It had sharp blades to cut through the dry, tough soil.

Which of these are geographic characteristics of the Great Plains region? (Select all that apply.)

• Dust storms

• Flatlands that rise to the west

• Land eroded by wind and water

• Low rainfall

• Heavy rainfall

People mainly moved west during the California Gold Rush in 1849 because

• they wanted religious freedom.

• they were interested in fishing.

• they had hopes of getting rich.

• they wanted to trade with Native Americans.

In the late 1840s what name was given to the view that supported the growth of the American nation from coast to coast?

• Federalism

• Isolationism

• States’ Rights

• Manifest Destiny

Native American Boarding Schools --

• taught Plains Indians mining skills.

• helped Plain Indians to adopt mainstream white culture.

• gave Plains Indians partial land ownership of former traditional lands.

• forced Plains Indians to adopt mainstream white culture.

What was the result of the Battle of Wounded Knee?

• A. Land and peace treaties with American Indians were upheld.

• B. It postponed the laying of the final tracks of the Transcontinental Railroad.

• C. Many Lakota people were massacred, marking the end of the Indian Wars.

• D. American Indians won the right to remain on their traditional homelands for seven more years.

Why did American Indians fight against U.S. troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• To force the U.S. government into selling their homelands

• To gain representation in Congress

• To keep segregation and “Jim Crow” laws from spreading west

• To show their opposition to westward expansion

The following image best demonstrates the practice of---

• Segregation

• Assimilation

• Forced relocation

• Discrimination

Which Indigenous leader is shown and quoted in the image above?

• Sitting Bull

• Geronimo

• Chief Joseph

• Squanto