Chapter 17 Westward Expansion

Question 1

Congress passed the Homestead Act:

Answer 1

to encourage settlement of the western lands.

Question 2

The American Tobacco Company:

Answer 2

dominated the U.S. tobacco industry by the twentieth century.

Question 3

In 1877, President Rutherford Hayes addressed the American approach to dealing with Native Americans, saying:

Answer 3

“many, if not most of our Indian wars have had their origin in broken promises and acts of injustice on our part.”