Unit 2 - Lesson 12-15

What is a Lobbyist?

• A person who works on a farm.

• A person who advocates for a specific cause or policy, often influencing lawmakers.

• A member of a labor union.

• A supporter of large businesses.

What was the Transcontinental Railroad?

• A railroad that connected the east and west coasts of the United States.

• A railroad that only operated within one state.

• A railroad used solely for transporting cattle.

• A local railway system in New York.

What are Reservations?

• Land set aside for American settlers.

• Land designated for Native American tribes.

• A location where immigrants were processed.

• A specific area for agricultural development.

Who were the Vaqueros?

• American farmers in the Midwest.

• Mexican cowboys who influenced cattle-driving in the American West.

• A type of Native American tribe.

• Workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad.

What was the Chisholm Trail?

• A path used by Native Americans for trade.

• A route used to drive cattle from Texas to Kansas.

• A road built during the Industrial Revolution.

• A trail used by settlers to move westward.

Who were the Exodusters?

• Native Americans who moved to reservations.

• African Americans who migrated to Kansas after the Civil War.

• Immigrants who settled in New York.

• Workers who built the railroads.

What was Populism?

• A political movement that supported farmers and workers.

• A religious movement in the American West.

• A movement to increase the power of industrialists.

• A new form of government.

What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?

• A law allowing settlers to purchase land in urban areas.

• A law granting settlers land in the Great Plains.

• An act that banned Native Americans from owning land.

• A tax reform law aimed at industrialists.

What does the term "Assimilation" refer to in the context of Native American history?

• The process of taking land from Native Americans.

• The forced integration of Native Americans into white American culture.

• A farming technique used in the Great Plains.

• A strategy used by the U.S. government to industrialize cities.

What was the Dawes Act designed to do?

• A law passed to distribute Native American land to settlers.

• A treaty that ended a war with Native Americans.

• A railroad-building law.

• A law protecting Native American reservations.