staar points 26

Question 0

linked the vast railroad networks of the East with the rapidly growing west, transportation of goods and people was much cheaper and could be done in days instead of weeks/months

Answer 0

transcontinental railroad

Question 1

provided food, clothing, health care, and education to former slaves

Answer 1

freedmens bureau

Question 2

gave 160 acres of land to settlers who would move west, they could keep it after 5 years if they built homes and grew crops

Answer 2

homestead act (1862)

Question 3

federal land was given to each state to be sold with the funds used to establish public colleges for agriculture and mining (Texas a&m)

Answer 3

Morris act (1862)

Question 4

a bill to break up the tribes and “promote” native Americans assimilation into American culture, resulted in 2/3 of Native American land being given to white settlers and almost destroyed their culture

Answer 4

Dawes act(1887)