Westward Expansion (USHA)

Which of the following correctly describes a belief of Native Americans toward the land of the Great Plains?

• Native Americans believed that starting a business on the land would give them a stake in the country.

• Native Americans believed that they had forfeited rights to the land because they did not improve it.

• Native Americans believed that they should not be allowed to hunt on their traditional land.

• Native Americans believed that land was unable to be owned.

Which of the following was a part of the government’s plan of assimilation for the Native Americans? Choose the two correct answers.

• A. Students would be able to speak any language they chose to in school.

• B. The government would set up schools for Native American children.

• C. Native American students would learn to live like white Americans.

• D. Students would be encouraged to wear their traditional clothing.

• E. Native Americans would maintain their beliefs and way of life.

How did Helen Hunt Jackson’s plan for helping Native Americans differ from the government’s plan?

• A. She encouraged Native Americans to change their lifestyle.

• B. She insisted that Native American children needed to be educated.

• C. She focused on increasing public awareness about problems that Native Americans faced.

• D. She suggested that Native Americans learn the industrial and domestic activities of American culture.

Which of the following helped the cattle industry to become a big business in the late 1800s?

• The amount of buffalo increased greatly.

• The invention of barbed wire led to an open range.

• The demand for beef increased due to growing cities.

• The number of people who wanted to become cowboys increased.

Write the letter of each characteristic in the correct column in the table to show whether it contributed to the rise or the decline of the cattle industry. All of the characteristics will be used. The Rise of the Cattle Industry | The Decline of the Cattle Industry

• Decline

• overgrazing of land

• Rise

• the seizing of Native Americans’ land

• Rise

• the decrease in the supply of buffalo

• Rise

• the increase in the demand for beef

• Decline

• the invention of barbed wire

Why did most African Americans migrate West from southern states in the late 1870s?

• to own land in a place where freedoms would not be restricted

• to come to work on the transcontinental railroad

• to avoid fighting for the South in the Civil War

• to join the speculators looking to find gold

Which of the following were difficulties that settlers on the frontier faced? Choose the three correct answers.

• the possibility of earthquakes

• the threat of raids by Native Americans

• social isolation and loneliness

• extreme weather conditions

• the lack of good farmland

Why was the Morrill Act of 1862 significant?

• It was the first time the federal government provided assistance for higher education.

• It was the first act to grant women the right to vote and hold office.

• It improved the economy by offering citizens free land for farming.

• It increased the population in the West and closed the frontier.

Which of the following was true about the public’s opinion on the backing of currency?

• Most people believed that retaining the gold standard would create an unstable economy.

• Most people believed that the backing of currency was an unimportant issue in the late 1800s.

• Most people believed that paper money was worthless if it could not be turned in for gold or silver.

• Most people believed that increasing the amount of currency would increase the value of the dollar.

What act allowed the national government to make deals with the Native Americans to exchange their land?

• Indian Removal Act
• Civillization ACt 
• Manifest Destiny Act
• Indian Territory Act