Gilded Age STAAR Questions - Westward Expansion

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to

• promote cultural assimilation of American Indians

• turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland

• end warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military

• promote American Indian investment in private industry

What is the best title for this list?

• How Sharecroppers Living in the Deep South

• Ways Migrant Workers Lived in the Southwest

• How Miners Took Advantage of Gold Rush Opportunities

• Ways Settlers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains

Which factor facilitated statehood for the darker-shaded areas?

• The introduction of barded wire throughout the Great Plains

• The expansion of railway lines throughout the West

• The acceptance of Mormons by other religious sects in the East

• The peaceful integration of settlers with American Indian populations

What was the primary reason the Exodusters left the South?

• To escape drought conditions

• To reunite with family members

• To find employment in U.S. wartime industries

• To escape oppression and discrimination

Which phrase describes the purpose of this law?

• To establish grant programs for universities

• To encourage cooperation with native populations

• To encourage western migration

• To expedite the naturalization process

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

• Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.

• Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading.

• Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants.

• Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies.

How did the federal government attempt to assimilate American Indians in the late nineteenth century?

• American Indian children were sent to boarding schools.

• American Indian artifacts were displayed in public places.

• American Indians were denied access to basic goods.

• American Indians were allowed to return to their native lands.

• American Indian tribal lands were divided into individual plots.

These photographs provided evidence that one goal of the Carlisle Indian School was to -

• restore U.S. citizenship to American Indians

• encourage the study of American Indian religious practices

• protect American Indians from nativist policies

• assimilate American Indians into U.S. culture

How did the expansion of railroad transportation most benefit farmers in the United States?

• By raising the consumer price of agricultural products

• By increasing the variety of locally grown crops

• By providing farmers with affordable access to distant markets

• By encouraging famers to form the first agricultural cooperatives