Westward Expansion and Native Americans

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What did the Homestead Act of 1862 offer?

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free land (160 acres) after 5 years of living on it.

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The transcontinental railroad ______

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connected east and west

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Why did many settlers build houses made out of sod?

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Sod houses cost little to build because sod was widely available.

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The Dawes Act...

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divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation

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Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.

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Assimilation

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A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.

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Manifest Destiny

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What piece of legislation distributed free land in the Great Plains and primarily attracted farmers?

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The Homestead Act

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How did the arrival of settlers change the Great Plains?

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Shift from hunting to farming, Increase of the white settlers in the West, Expansion of railroads and the rise of new towns

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Assimilation is the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of another group or nation. True or False?

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True

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Which of the following connected the Eastern US to the Western US? Erie Canal, Mississippi River, Transcontinental Railroad, Gulf of Mexico

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Transcontinental Railroad