WorksheetsWestward Expansion Test Review 2025
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the westward expansion of white settlement affect American Indians?
a)
White settlers were searching for gold, and American Indians were recruited as work crews.
b)
White settlers wanted land for larger farms, and they enslaved American Indians as agricultural laborers.
c)
White settlers wanted to own western land and its natural resources, and they drove American Indians off their lands.
d)
White settlers wanted to be the first people to reach the Pacific coast, and the American Indians suffered as both groups raced west.
2.
How does the policy instituted in the Dawes Act of 1887 contrast with previous Native American policies?
a)
It defers to the Supreme Court to resolve matters of citizenship and rights.
b)
It encourages Native Americans to assimilate and adopt U.S. citizenship.
c)
It recognizes the Native Americans' claims as sovereign entities.
d)
It provides material support as long as they remain in designated locations.
3.
From the 1830s-1880s, the primary US gov't approach to Native Americans was all about REMOVAL & _____________, but this policy changed in 1887 (and again in 1930).
a)
Reservations
b)
Assimilation
c)
Citizenship
d)
Execution
4.
Overall, battles between the U.S. Army and Native Americans were
a)
mostly victories for the U.S. Army.
b)
mostly victories for the Native Americans.
c)
mostly a standoff, with both sides backing down.
d)
mostly non-violent.
5.
Which animal provided many of the basic needs of Native Americans and was central to life on the Great Plains?
a)
buffalo
b)
cattle
c)
fish
d)
deer
6.
Select all of the following reasons that the Dawes Act was a failure.
a)
The land given to individual Native Americans was often not very productive farm land.
b)
The president reneged on the promises laid out in the Dawes Act.
c)
The reservations were not large enough to allot all Native American families land.
d)
Many Native Americans did not want to, or could not, assimilate into the dominant culture.
e)
Most Native Americans had moved from the reservations to the industrial North.
7.
Public lands where the federal government forced Native Americans to relocate and live. Many resisted at first, leading to the "Indian Wars." They ended up having both good and bad qualities and still exist today.
a)
Reservation System
b)
Indian Territory
c)
Colony System
d)
Reallocation system
8.
Which movement or trend was most significant in creating the conflict with Plains Indians that ultimately led to the Dawes Act?
a)
the Civil War
b)
the extermination of the bison population
c)
the Social Gospel movement
d)
homesteaders expanding into the plains region
9.
Idea that the United States was destined—by God—to expand and spread democracy, Protestant Christianity, and capitalism westward across the entire North American continent.
a)
Western Expansion
b)
Imperialism
c)
California Gold Rush
d)
Manifest Destiny
10.
What famous US general was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
a)
Crazy Horse
b)
Phil Sheridan
c)
Sitting Bull
d)
George Custer
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