WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group
cultural diffusion
amalgamation
assimilation
cultural absorption
Which of these did the Homestead Act do?
Allowed settlers to build two-story homes
Allowed settlers to settle into Florida
Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free
All of the following were effects of the government's policies on Native Americans EXCEPT:
Native Americans were moved to reservations.
Native Americans died from new diseases.
Native Americans were paid well for their land.
Native Americans were stripped of their culture due to assimilation.
As a result of more migration out west more______ began to form.
Major Cities
Railroads
Improved agricultural land
all of the above
Broke up reservations in order to "americanize" the Native Americans.
The Homestead Act
Compromise of 1870
The Dawes Act
Reconstruction Act
Which of the following was intended to assimilate Native Americans?
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Which of the following offered free land in the West to encourage settlement?
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Which of the following is responsible for the end of the cattle drives?
Dawes Act
Buffalo
Barbed Wire
Immigration
Lack of jobs, poverty, famine, war, and persecution are all examples of:
Assimilation
Nativism
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Economic opportunities (jobs), religious freedom, improved living conditions are all:
Assimilation
Nativism
Push Factors
Pull Factors
Pressuring Native Americans to cut their hair, change their dress, and learn English are examples of:
Assimilation
Nativism
Push Factors
Pull Factors
What was the main purpose of the reservation system?
To make the new transcontinental railroad safer to operate
To clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers, and farmers
To provide employment for Union troops and veterans after the Civil War
To make it easier for Indians to assimilate into mainstream American culture
How did completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 encourage settlement of the American West?
The railroad led to new discoveries of precious minerals
The railroad required immense quantities of iron and coal to build
The railroad frightened Indian tribes, who retreated to reservations
The railroad made it easier for ranchers and farmers to ship goods back east
A technique of plowing and planting seeds deep to reach the moist soil.
crop rotation
dry farming
wet farming
What was the result of the Battle of Little Big Horn?
Custer and his soldiers were victorious against the Sioux.
Custer and the Sioux signed a peace agreement.
Custer and his men were all killed by the Sioux.
The confrontation at Wounded Knee occurred because the chief’s followers …
performed a Ghost Dance ritual.
left their reservation.
raided nearby farms.
continued hunting buffalo.
The rapidly growing communites that appeared a the site of mineral strikes were callled _________
Virginia City
boomtowns
the federal government
longhorn
prospectors
The "open range" referred to a vast area of grassland owned by ______________________.
Virginia City
boomtowns
the federal government
longhorn
prospectors
The Comstock Lode was a rich deposit of
copper
diamonds
gold
silver
In 1859 prospectors found silver in the Carson River valley of present-day Nevada. Thousands of miners rushed to this mine.
Comstock Lode
Gold Standard
Chrisholm Trail
A method of mining by which water is sprayed at a very high pressure against a hill or mountain, washing away large quantities of dirt, gravel, and rock and exposing the minerals beneath the surface
Dry Farming
Hydraulic Mining
Bonanza Farm
Allotment
What agricultural innovation was used to separate the seed from the straw?
Reaping Machine
Threshing Machine
Steel Plow
Submarine
