Unit 2 - Westward Expansion and innovations 2022

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In what way did the growth of the Railroad change the American Western Frontier?

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It led to the expansion of the United States claiming land to the West and increased its economy.

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How did the Transcontinental Railroad help the economy of the United States?

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It opened up new markets to the West leading to an increase of economic trade.

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One factor in which the railways helped change the Great Plains was-

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that it forced Native Americans out of their land and led to an increase of agriculture production for the United States.

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What is one impact that was a result of Western Expansion?

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It led to the destruction of the buffalo

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What market had an increase due to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?

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Ranches in Texas flourished in the Cattle Industry

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How did the government policy know as the Homestead Act close the western frontier?

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It granted land to pioneers that were willing to take the opportunity and become farmers.

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The Homestead Act stated that-

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a settler was given 160 acres of land and had to improve it agriculturally within 5 years.

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Assimilation and Americanization were United States governmental policies that-

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converted Native American Plain Indians and European immigrants into American cultural traditions.

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Manifest Destiny played an important role in that it-

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forced Native American Plain Indians into government assimilation and reservations.

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Since the U.S. government could not pay money to railroad companies for the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, they did pay them with-

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land grants awarded for every mile they completed