The West

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

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

Buffalo dung was used for:

• Food
• Bedding
• Clothing
• Fuel

Why did people move west?

• To own land
• To see the ocean
• To visit their family
• To ride a train

In the period from 1860 to 1890, which experience was shared by most Native Americans living in western states?

• They maintained control of their traditional lands.
• They benefited economically from government policy.
• They became farmers and small business owners.
• They were forced to live on reservations.
  

"Up to our own day American history is the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, . . . and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development."
This quotation of the 1890’s suggests that the American frontier

• should be preserved for free use by all the people
• has mirrored European values and social patterns
• will continue indefinitely as a region to be colonized
• has had a positive effect on the growth of the United States
  

The purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862, which provided free federal land, was to

• encourage settlement of the West
• set up reservations for Native American Indians
• establish land-grant agricultural colleges
• assist in the construction of transcontinental railroads
  

What was the largest amount of land one individual could purchase through the Homestead Act?

• 80 acres
• 160 acres
• 200 acres
• 240 acres

Manifest Destiny is the idea that America would not only stretch from coast to coast, but would also...

• Bring civilization to the West
• Destroy all of the Indians
• Gain as much land as possible
• from the Arctic to the Antarctic 

Which of the following ended the open ranges of the West?

• trains
• windmills
• barbed wire
• Homestead Act

What happened at Custer's Last Stand in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• Custer killed all of the Lakota Indians.
• Custer and Sitting Bull made an agreement that the Native Americans Could have their land.
• Custer was killed, along with his entire force.