What is an attempt by the US Government to give land to Indians (Native Americans)?
A. Homestead Act
B. Dawes Act
C. Manifest Destiny
B. Dawes Act
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The California Gold Rush is also known as:
A. Snickers Gold Rush
B. Klondike Gold Rush
C. Butterfinger Gold Rush
B. Klondike Gold Rush
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Areas of land where Native Americans were forced to live were called
A. Reservations
B. Indie Land
C. Prisons
A. Reservations
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A "Political Machine" is:
A. A device
B. A piece of technology
C. A corrupted Political Organization
C. A Political Organization
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What act gave tracts of land to settlers to encourage Westward Expansion?
A. Homestead Act
B. Dawes Act
C. Manifest Destiny
A. Homestead Act
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What mode of transportation helped settlers move west?
A. Hitchhiking
B. Airplanes
C. Transcontinental Railroad
C. Transcontinental Railroad
200
What is an example of a REALITY of the westward expansion experience?
A. Life was hard
B. Life was easy
C. Settlers and Indians had to work together to survive
D. Both A and C
D. Both A and C
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Who controlled the Political Machines?
A. Political Bosses
B. The Godfather
C. The President
A. Political Bosses
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Defined in the Homestead Act, the government gave land to:
A. Native Americans
B. Settlers
C. Chinese Immigrants
B. Settlers - The government gave land to Settlers to encourage westward expansion
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What happened to most of the settlers that moved west and searched for gold?
A. They found lots of gold
B. They moved back to New Jersey with all their gold chains
C. Few found gold but they stayed and made it their home
C. Few found gold but they stayed and made it their home
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What is an example of a MYTH about the Wild West?
A. Romanticized the western life in books and movies
B. Promoted rugged individuals
C. Making it seem like the Indians were at fault
D. All of the above
D. All of the above.
300
What was the name of the most famous corrupt political machine in New York City?
A. The Sopranos
B. Tammany Hall
C. Stage 48
B. Tammany Hall - it is located in Union Square
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Who did the government try to give land to during the Dawes act?
A. Native Americans (Indians)
B. Settlers
C. Irish
A. Native Americans
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What was the benefit of the Transcontinental Railroad?
A. Move settlers and businesses west
B. Bring goods and resources back and forth (east and west)
C. Both A and B
C. Both A and B
400
What is assimilation?
A. Turning the white man into an Indian
B. An attempt to force Native Americans to adopt the American way of life
C. An attempt to force Buffalo to act like cows
B. An attempt to force Native Americans to adopt the American way of life
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During the Gilded Age:
A. Life seemed properous (rich)
B. Governments were corrupt
C. Mark Twain wrote a book about it
D. All of the above