Westward Expansion 2023 SOLs REVIEW

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During the early years of the nation, many Americans believed it was their responsibility to encourage expansion across the continent. This belief was called

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Manifest Destiny

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The Great Plains can BEST be described as:

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Flatlands

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What is a homestead?

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Frontier land claimed by a settler.

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Why did many settlers on the Great Plains build their first house from sod instead of wood?

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Wood was scarce on the Great Plains.

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What did settlers do on the Great Plains to get water for crop irrigation and home use?

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They built windmills.

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This invention helped settlers fence off their land and protect their crops from wandering cattle.

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barbed wire

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What was the most significant impact of gold discovery in the west in the 1840s on Westward expansion?

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There is a "rush" of settlers moving west in search of wealth.

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Major results of the Homestead Act included:

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providing opportunities for free land in the west, and the ability to farm there

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Who led the Indigenous peoples who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn, where George Custer and his 7th Cavalry troops were killed?

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Sitting Bull

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What Nez Perce leader tried to escape forced relocation, but finally gave up when winter set in with his group less than 50 miles from the Canadian border?

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Chief Joseph