Westward Expansion

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What development helped Americans expand westward?

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transcontinental railroad

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What do you call a town that experiences a sudden growth?

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boom town

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The ________________ was a law in 1860 that offered acres of land to anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for 5 years.

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Homestead Act

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This was a political party that was formed by farmers who wanted to raise crop prices.

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Populist 

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Which did not happen to Plains Indians as a result of westward expansion? 
Options: they were put on reservations, tribes were massacred by the military, they were forced to sign treaties, they were given political power

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they were given political power

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_______________ were African Americans who took advantage of the Homestead Act Options: exodusters, vaqueros, sodbusters, grangers

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exodusters

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The ___________________ Railroad started in New York and was built by Irish immigrants.

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Union

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Which of the following DID NOT accelerate Westward Expansion? Options: Native American tribes, Homestead Act, ranching, mining

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Native American tribes

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What was land set aside for Native Americans?

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reservation

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Battle of 1876 in which Sioux and Cheyenne tribes killed an entire force of US troops.

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Battle of Little Bighorn