Reassessment Unit 3: Westward Expansion

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent spreading the Western Civilized Culture?

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Manifest destiny

Front

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

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the railroads cut into the pre established migratory patterns of the buffalo which in turn affected the Native American way of life.

Front

What are the effects of the Transcontinental Railroad?

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Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers, Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy by stimulating industrialization, would require the creation of Time Zones.

Front

Which group of individuals was most affected by settlers moving westward? Options: African Americans, Miners, Native Americans, Immigrants

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Native Americans

Front

How did the lifestyles of the American Indians change with the closing of the American Frontier?

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They were placed on reservations and "Americanized".

Front

According to the conditions of the Homestead Act of 1862, settlers had to farm the land or have a ranch for how long?

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5 years

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The ____________________ Act sought to "Americanize" Native Americans by allocating them into reservations and Americanizing them into western culture. Native Americans were offered free reservation land (160 acres to each household). However, the land was infertile and the Native Americans did not know how to farm.

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Dawes

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Which is a successful example of "Americanization"? Options: The Dawes Act led Native Americans to sell their lands, The Homestead Act made federal land available to settlers, The children of Native Americans were made to learn English in Industrial boarding schools, Congress prohibited the immigration of Chinese workers

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The children of Native Americans were made to learn English in Industrial boarding schools

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The Homestead Act of (1862) promoted the development of western lands by---

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providing free land to settlers

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What were some of the important pull factors that lured Americans out West?

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Lure of striking it rich with gold and silver, private ownership of land with Homestead Act 1862, A chance to start over with a new way of life.