The Gilded Age: Westward Expansion

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How did passage of the Dawes Act affect Native American Indians?

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It attempted to assimilate them into mainstream American culture.

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Which was a successful example of assimilation or "Americanization"? Options: The Dawes Act led to Americanization of the Indians., The Homestead Act made federal land available to settlers., The children of New Immigrants learned English in public schools., Congress prohibited the immigration of Chinese workers.

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The Dawes Act led to Americanization of the Indians.

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How did westward expansion impact Native Americans?

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it destroyed the buffalo and the Native American way of life

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

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providing land for to settlers on the great plains for low or no cost.

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The meat packing industry grew because? Options: barbed wire, millions of cattle, cities wanted beef; westward expansion, british cattle, vegetarians; demand for fish, alaska becoming a state, pancakes

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barbed wire, millions of cattle, cities wanted beef

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The Homestead Act of 1862 required farmers to?

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build a home, live there and improve the land

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Farmers adapted to life on the plains by?

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making sod homes of grass and mud

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What was the economic impact of the Transcontinental railroad?

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It made shipping farmer's goods and traveling across the country cheaper

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In Urbanization: the people of the United States population was moving from the _ country to the _ country parts of the country.

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rural; urban

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The transcontinental railroad ______

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connected east and west