Homestead Act
What was the Homestead Act?
An act that granted land to people who settled west.
( The Homestead Act and the exodusters- Khan Academy)
Who were the main workers on the railroad?
Chinese Immigrants
(Nearpod- Transcontinental railroad)
Who were the groups of people affected by Manifest Destiny?
Black people, Native Americans, Chinese immigrants, and Mexicans.
(Chinese immigrants and Mexican Americans in the age of Westward Expansion- Khan Academy)
Who made them believe that they should expand westward?
Pervasive belief in American cultural and racial superiority
Who did Texas get their independence from?
Mexico
(IXL- The U.S.-Mexican War)
Who wasn't allowed to be granted land under the Homestead Act?
The Homestead Act wasn’t couldn’t be granted to people ex confederate soldiers.
(The Homestead Act and the exodusters- Khan Academy)
During what time period was the railroad built?
1863-1893
(Nearpod- Transcontinental railroad)
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
A law that restricted Chinese immigration into the United States for 10 years.
(Chinese immigrants and Mexican Americans in the age of Westward Expansion- Khan Academy)
Who where the people that believed in the act of moving westward?
Why did Mexico and America go to war?
Mexico didn’t want America to take Texas even though they were independent from Mexico.
(IXL- The U.S.-Mexican War)
Who signed the Homestead Act?
President Abraham Lincoln
(The Homestead Act and the exodusters- Khan Academy)
What was the reason for the transcontinental railroad?
To increase the way of transportation from the west to the east.
(Nearpod- Transcontinental railroad)
Which treaty ended the Mexican-American war?
The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
(Chinese immigrants and Mexican Americans in the age of Westward Expansion- Khan Academy)
Who where the people against the act of moving westward?
The Native Americans, Mexicans and non European occupants.
True or False
Mexico believed that Texas was really independent.
False
(IXL- The U.S.-Mexican War)
What was the Exodus of 1879?
The first mass migration of African Americans from the south after the civil war.
( The Homestead Act and the exodusters- Khan Academy)
What group of people were affected by the railroads?
Native Americans
(Nearpod- Transcontinental railroad)
True or False
As white Americans pushed west, they not only collided with Native American tribes but also with Mexican Americans and Chinese immigrants.
True
(Chinese immigrants and Mexican Americans in the age of Westward Expansion- Khan Academy)
What was the impact of Manifest Destiny?
Inflamed sectional tensions over slavery, and started the Civil war.
Who did the people of Texas invite to settle in Texas after they gained independence?
America
(IXL- The U.S.-Mexican War)
What were the requirements for qualifying for land?
Any citizen who pledged to settle and farm the land for at least five years, 21 years of age or head of household, and never borne arms against the United States government
( The Homestead Act and the exodusters- Khan Academy)
Why were the Native Americans affected by the railroad?
They were forced to move from their homes and were stripped form their land.
(Nearpod- Transcontinental railroad)
What event caused Chinese Americans to attract to the West?
The Gold Rush
(Chinese immigrants and Mexican Americans in the age of Westward Expansion- Khan Academy)
What is Manifest Destiny?
The idea describing the necessary expansion of the nation westward.
True or False
Mexico warned American not to annex Texas
True
(IXL- The U.S.-Mexican War)