Westward Expansion

Front

What is a homestead?

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It is a settler's home and land.

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Where did the U.S. government want the Plains Indians to move?

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Reservation

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Why did the Plains Indians not want to move to a reservation?

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The Plains Indians were not farmers and the reservation land was small and poor.

Front

What appealed to settlers to move to the Great Plains in the 1840's?

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Land and Gold

Front

What was the Homestead Act?

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U.S. sold adults 160 acres of Great Plains land for a small amount of money and after settling five years, it was theirs.

Front

Why did many settlers come to the Great Plains from Eastern United States?

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The farmland was less expensive in the Great Plains than in the Eastern United States.

Front

Who were the Exodusters?

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African Americans who moved to the Great Plains to settle.

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What is a reservation?

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Land that the U.S. government set aside for the Native Americans.

Front

What was the primary reason for the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

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To connect the Eastern United States with the Western United States.

Front

Which group primarily worked on building the western portion of the transcontinental railroad?

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Chinese immigrants