Which law offered 160 acres of public land to settlers in order to encourage westward expansion and agriculture?
Key Concept 5D The Frontier

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Zeb Elsbernd
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Morrill Land Grant Act
Homestead Act
Pacific Railway Act
Dawes Severalty Act
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Morrill Land Grant Act?
To promote education in practical fields and expand opportunities for higher education
To authorize the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad
To establish boarding schools for Native American children
To encourage individual land ownership for Native Americans
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Guiding cattle across vast expanses of open land, facing challenges such as weather, rough terrain, and potential conflicts with Native American tribes in order to get them to railheads or markets in distant locations.
Livestock Trading
Cattle drives
Cattle Grazing
Railway Trade
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A pivotal event in the Plains Indian Wars and is often remembered as a symbol of Native American resistance against westward expansion, where General Custer and his forces were defeated is known as...
Homestead Act
Dawes Severalty Act
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the goal of the Dawes Severalty Act?
To offer 160 acres of public land to settlers
To transport large herds of cattle over long distances
To establish colleges focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts
To assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were the Boarding Schools in the United States established for?
To promote education in practical fields and expand opportunities for higher education
To assimilate Native American children into mainstream American culture
To offer 160 acres of public land to settlers
To transport large herds of cattle over long distances
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The death of hundreds of Native Americans, including women and children and the last major confrontation between Native American tribes and the U.S. government in the American West is known as...
Battle of Little Big Horn
Fetterman Massacre
Apache and Navajo Wars
Wounded Knee Massacre
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Pacific Railway Act authorize the construction of?
Individual land ownership for Native Americans
Colleges focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts
The First Transcontinental Railroad
Boarding Schools
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