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u2t2a1 voc

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

What term describes the belief that the expansion of the United States across the continent was both justified and inevitable?


a)

Land grant

   


b)

    Manifest Destiny

c)

   Homestead Act 1862

d)

    Dawes Act of 1887

2.

 Who coined the term "Manifest Destiny" in the 1840s?


a)

Vaqueros

  

   


b)

  Claimant

c)

John O’Sullivan

d)

    Speculators

3.

What legislation provided 160 acres of public land to settlers willing to improve and live on the land for five years?


a)

 Homestead Act 1862

   


b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Land grants

d)

       Panacea

4.

 What term refers to individuals who worked as cattle herders and helped shape the ranching culture in the American West?


a)

A) Vaqueros

  

   

   


b)

 B) Claimant

c)

C) Speculators

d)

D) Land grants

5.

 What was the 19th-century policy aimed at assimilating Native American tribes by dividing their lands into individual parcels?


a)

  A) Manifest Destiny

 

     

b)

  B) Transcontinental Railroad

c)

C) Dawes Act of 1887

d)

 D) Speculators

6.

 What was the term for the vast stretches of land given by the government to encourage the building of railroads?


a)

 A) Claimant

  

   

   

b)

 B) Panacea

c)

C) Land grants

d)

D) Homestead Act 1862

7.

 What term describes the idea that the expansion of the United States was a solution or remedy for various problems?


a)

  A) Manifest Destiny

   

   

   

b)

B) Transcontinental Railroad

c)

C) Speculators

d)

D) Panacea

8.

What was the name of the government agency established to regulate and oversee railroad and interstate commerce in the late 19th century?

a)

A) Assimilation

   

   

   D) Battle of Little Big Horn


b)

B) Wounded Knee

c)

C) The Interstate Commerce Commission

d)

D) Battle of Little Big Horn

9.

 Which term refers to the process of Native American tribes adopting the culture and lifestyle of European Americans during the 19th century?


a)

 A) The Interstate Commerce Commission

  

     

b)

 B) Assimilation

c)

 C) Carlisle Indian Industrial School

d)

D) Wounded Knee

10.

What was the name of the school founded by Richard Henry Pratt in 1879, which aimed to assimilate Native American children into American society by teaching them English and vocational skills?


a)

 A) Battle of Little Big Horn

 

     

b)

  B) Assimilation

c)

 C) Carlisle Indian Industrial School

d)

D) Wounded Knee

11.

 In which infamous 1890 incident did the U.S. Army confront and open fire on a group of Lakota Sioux, resulting in the deaths of many Native Americans?


a)

 A) The Interstate Commerce Commission

  

   

   

b)

 B) Carlisle Indian Industrial School

c)

C) Wounded Knee

d)

D) Battle of Little Big Horn

12.

What was the 1876 conflict in which a coalition of Native American tribes, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, defeated U.S. cavalry forces under General George Custer?


a)

  A) Battle of Little Big Horn

   

     


b)

B) Assimilation

c)

C) Carlisle Indian Industrial School

d)

 D) The Interstate Commerce Commission