Westward expansion quizzes

Which of the following connected the Eastern US to the Western US?

• Erie Canal

• Mississippi River

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Gulf of Mexico

This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes...

• The American Indian Citizenship Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Dawes Act

• The Meat Inspection Act

Match the following vocabulary terms with the appropriate image

• Homestead Act

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• Westward Expansion

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• Assimilation

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• Dawes Act

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What invention limited the "open range" and led to the decline of the cowboys' importance?

• The Steam Locomotive

• Barbed Wire

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Bessemer Process

The ​ (a)   governemnt gave 160 acres land grants to ​ (b)   who migrated to the west in the ​ (c)   of 1862

• Federal
• state 
• local 
• Farmers
• Homestead Act
• Land act 
• miners 
• western act 
• Veterans 

How did the Federal Government help aid in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad

• By providing labor and materials to build the railroad

• By Fighting off indians as the Railroads were built

• By constructing the Railroad itself

• By providing land grants to Railroad companies

What was the effect the Transcontinental Railroad had on Westward Expansion?

• Pervented the growth of Labor unions in the West

• Supported the Economic Development of the west

• Promoted the growth of Government owned factories

• Prevented European investors from controlling US industry

​​​Read the Passage to the left

What idea is being expressed by John Quincy Adams?

• Supporting the right of Women to vote

• Defending the Idea of Federalism

• Idea of Manifest Destiny

• Idea of ending slavery

What quote from the excerpt to the left best provides evidence to your answer to the last question?

• "The whole continent of North American... is destined by divine providence to be peopled by on nation, speaking one language..."

• "for thew Common happiness for them all"

• "I believe it is indispensable that they should be associated in one Federal union"

• "one general Tenor of Social Usages and customs "