Westward Expansion Quiz (VA SOLs)

Choose all of the important WWE inventions/innovtions:

• Barbed Wire and Raising Cattle

• Steel Plow and Dry Farming

• Sod Houses

• Telephone

True or False: Newly freed African Americans wanted to move west for a new beginning.

• True

• False

What happened to Native Americans during WWE?

• They became extinct

• They moved to Europe

• They continued living like they always had

• They were moved to reservations

The battle of Wounded Knee resulted in a __________ Native Americans?

• party thrown for

• celebration of

• massacre of

What reduced Native American land in the US?

• The explosion of the Buffalo population

• Broken treaties (or promises) with the US government

• They didn't want the land anymore

• flooding in the Great Plains

What crop was grown on the Great Plains?

• Wheat

• Rice

• Cranberries

• Cactus

True or False: Chief Joseph was the leader of the Nez Perce tribe.

• True

• False

Chief ____________ predicted the Native American victory at Little Bighorn

• Geronimo
• Crazy Horse
• Red Cloud
• Sitting Bull

What caused the battle of Little Bighorn?

• Tensions over land rights and broken treaties; opposition to WWE

• Disagreements over water rights and resources
• Religious conflicts and cultural differences
• Political rivalries and power struggles

Which law impacted the lifestyle of the American Indians?

• Dawes Act

• Emancipation Proclamation
• Sherman Antitrust Act