Chapter 1 American West

____________ promised free land in the West to Americans who would settle and farm it for 5 years.

• Land Act of 1862

• Settlers' Promise
• Homestead Act of 1862

• Frontier Offer

Which act is responsible for the creation of many universities, including LSU and Grambling?

• Land Act of 1862

• Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 and 1890

• Homestead Act of 1862

• Dawes Act of 1887

Which of the following two reasons were motivations for American westward migration based on this image?

• prairie fires

• practice religion

• allure of the West/Manifest Destiny

• pursuit of the American Dream

• to escape oppressive governments

The belief that the United States had the God given right to expand across the continent was called

• Manifest Destiny
• Sacred Expansion
• God's Will
• Divine Right

The belief in Manifest Destiny led people to move westward and live on the

• Mississippi River

• frontier

• Atlantic Coast

• border of California

What were 2 reasons that Exodusters migrated to Kansas?

• flee religious persecution

• acquire inexpensive land

• mine for precious metals

• escape racial discrimination

This image portrays the

• achievement of the Transcontinental Railroad

• the Sandy Creek Masacre

• the development of Yellowstone National Park

• the destruction of the American Bison

123 Native Americans, mostly women and children were killed during the

• Ghost Dance

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Sandy Creek Masaccre

• Wounded Knee

Which battle was the last full scale attack that the US made on the Native Americans.

• Ghost Dance

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Sandy Creek Masaccre

• Wounded Knee

Which Act was passed to ultimately assimilate Native Americans to US culture by giving them small plots of land and requiring that their children go to American boarding schools?

• Indian Removal Act of 1830
• Dawes Act of 1887
• Trail of Tears Act of 1855
• Cherokee Assimilation Act of 1892