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Moving West review

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Which of the following was not developed to help farmers push for higher prices and economic reform?Dawes Act.
African-Americans who helped force Native Americans onto reservations.Buffalo Soldiers
One of the goals of the Dawes Act was toprovide Native Americans with land to farm
How did the federal government help with the construction of railroads?It gave railroad companies land subsides in the West.
The Battle of Wounded Kneewas the last of the Indian wars.
Chief Joseph resisted the United States government policy ofmoving Native Americans onto reservations.
General George Armstrong Custer and all of his cavalry troops were killed at the Battle ofLittle Bighorn
In “A Century of Dishonor”/ Helen Hunt Jackson wrote of the mistreatment ofNative Americans
What did Native Americans hope to gain in return for agreeing to stay on reservations?the right to be undisturbed on their land
The Comstock Lode and resulting boomtowns in Nevada were a result of the discovery of what?silver
African-American farmers in the west.Exodusters
What animal provided Native American tribes on the plains with multiple resources?buffalo
The transcontinental railroadled settlers West.
Illegal settlers of Oklahoma.Sooners
The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because itoffered free land to those willing to farm it.
The cattle industry in the West did not grow rapidly untilrailroads made it possible for ranchers to drive cattle to Chicago for shipping to eastern markets.


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