Review

Question 1

Women

Answer 1

In the west, I could be a business or property owner, or an influential community leader. Many jobs were available to me that Eastern Women had no access to. Because of the opportunities for me, the West led the way in women’s voting rights

Question 2

Wheat

Answer 2

Drought resistant crop that transformed the great plains into the nation’s breadbasket

Question 3

Homestead Act of 1862

Answer 3

Gave 160 acres to prospective settlers and encouraged settlement of the west by offering clear title to this property after minor conditions were met

Question 4

Indian Wars

Answer 4

Resulted from encroachment of ranchers, miners, and farmers onto Native American territories

Question 5

Morrill Land Grant Acts of 1862

Answer 5

This led to the expansion of colleges across the USA as well as the introduction of 4-H and ROTC programs

Question 6

Statehood

Answer 6

This occurred to many western territories after the discovery of mining deposits and subsequent onslaught of settlers and railroads expansions

Question 7

What were the mining deposits

Answer 7

Gold, silver, copper, and iron ore

Question 8

5 reasons for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains

Answer 8

Discovery of natural resources, competition of transcontinental railroads, technology, land policies, government Indian policies

Question 9

Describe the meaning of “a buffalo dead is an Indian gone.”

Answer 9

Native used the buffalo for everything so, when the buffalo die so do the Indians

Question 10

Assimilate

Answer 10

To absorb a group into the culture of another population

Question 11

Americanization

Answer 11

Causing someone to acquire American traits

Question 12

Adapt

Answer 12

To change in order to meet the demands of certain environments or circumstances