Causes of Westward Expansion
Which act encouraged settlers to move west by offering free land?
Homestead Act of 1862
What does Columbia represent?
The United States moving west
Which legislation aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by encouraging private land ownership?
The Dawes Act
What economic system was prominent during the closing of the frontier in US history?
Capitalism
This is when a minority group adopts (often forcibly) the customs, values, and practices of a dominant culture.
Assimilation
The completion of which transportation development encouraged westward expansion by making travel to the west easier, safer, and more affordable?
Transcontinental Railroad
What do the Conestoga (covered) wagons represent in this image?
The westward migration of American settlers
What was the primary goal of the Carlisle Boarding School?
Assimilation of Native American children
The completion of which transportation project contributed to the closing of the frontier by bringing an increasingly large number of white Americans to the west?
Transcontinental Railroad
This was a federal law that placed a ten-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the country.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Which idea underpinning westward expansion claimed that Americans had a God-given right to settle all land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
Manifest Destiny
What does the telegraph wire represent in this image?
The spread of communication networks and technological advancements
Which Native American cultural development was believed to bring back the spirits of deceased ancestors who could help guide the living in reclaiming their land?
Ghost Dance
What group was largely responsible for working on and completing the Transcontinental Railroad?
Chinese-Americans/Chinese immigrants
These were specific areas of land set aside by the US government for Native American tribes.
Reservations
Which act fueled westward expansion by offering "leftover" reservation lands to white Americans after they had been partitioned off to Native Americans?
Dawes Act
What does the book in Columbia's hand represent?
Knowledge (European-American schooling/education)
Besides the loss of land, Native Americans living on the plains experienced a collapse in their traditional lifestyles due to the near-extinction of which animal?
Bison
Which event, starting in 1848, encourage miners to head west in search of valuable minerals?
Gold Rush
This is an economic system where private people/businesses own and run the tools used to make and sell goods. It is base don the premise of supply and demand, as well as competition for profits.
Capitalism
Which technological invention facilitated (helped) the rapid settlement of the western frontier by making communication easier?
Telegraph
What does the light and dark represent?
Light = "civilized" East
Dark = "uncivilized" West
The bringing of "civilization" to the West
Which system destroyed Native American traditions related to communal land ownership and maintaining a close relationship with nature and tribal homelands?
Reservation
Whose "thesis" argued that westward expansion was mostly a positive event that helped develop a unique American identity?
Frederick Jackson Turner
This was a famous battle fought in 1876 between the US army and the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes. Named for the river near where it occurred, this battle was fought because the Native Americans missed the deadline to move onto their designated reservation. It resulted in a resounding Native American victory, with nearly all US soldiers involved in the battle killed.
Battle of Little Bighorn