Question

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Fort Laramie?

Answer 1

Any choices?

Answer 2

to keep Native Americans away from migration routes used by westward settlers

Answer 3

Who was responsible for attracting famous legends Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and the Sundance Kid to Deadwood

Answer 4

Billy the Kid

Answer 5

Why didn’t the South want to expand westward?

Answer 6

New states in the west would have to agree to abolish slavery in order to join the Union.

Answer 7

Which of the following were settlers expected to do as a stipulation of the Homestead Act?

Answer 8

A. Free all of their slaves
B. Keep their land unfenced
C. Live on their 160 acres
D. Pass a literacy test

Answer 9

C. Live on their 160 acres.

Answer 10

Which of the following was one result of the Pacific Railway Act?



A. Cowboys began organizing cattle drives to move herds north.
B. Every state received land to build agricultural and mechanical colleges.
C. Many immigrants traveled west to make a living.
D. Many single women applied for land in the west