The forty-niners traveled west for
Westward Expansion

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Stephanie Ruggiero
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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free land
gold
railroad jobs
religious freedom
2.
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What was the main reason American Indians went onto reservations?
They formed an alliance with Mexico
They wanted better farmland
The US government forced them to move
Buffalo herds led them there
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Congress respond to the growing anger against Chinese workers in the late 1800s?
It passed a law forbidding Chinese immigrants from coming to the United States
It imposed lighter taxes on all Chinese immigrants and people of Chinese descent
It organized education campaigns to teach native-born Americans about Chinese culture
It forced all Chinese immigrants to leave the United States immediately
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which group of people settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, and what caused them to relocate there?
Nez Perce because they were forced onto a reservation there
Chinese immigrants because they were looking for work building railroads
49ers because they were searching for gold
Mormons because they were seeking religious freedom
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Many Americans in Texas wanted freedom from Mexico so they could
get free land
build homes at the Alamo
help the American Indians
keep their slaves
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move west?
It paid money for their old homes
It made peace with the American Indians
It filled eastern cities with immigrants
It offered people cheap or free land
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What was the idea of Manifest Destiny and how did it affect the lives of many Native people living in the land?
The United States should give all citizens the right to vote, which allowed the Native Americans to have representation in government
The United States should treat native peoples with respect and this meant that they had all the rights of other American people
The United States had the right to expand to the Pacific Ocean and many Native Americans lost their land to settlers
The United States should honor claims of land by other countries and respect the Native people and their land
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