Westward ExpansionPage 13Slide 1 Comments2What was the Homestead ActWestern prairie land was offered for free if farmers would move there and work it.
People moved West for farm land and gold rushes (1849 gold rush in California)
Slide 14 Comments15As white people moved West, Native Americans were forced to sign ___________ (agreements whites often broke) and to move onto ______________.
treaties
reservationsSlide 15 Comments16To force the Native Americans to move onto reservations, hunters were encouraged to kill the _______________, which was the primary source of food for the Western Plains Indians.
reservations.
self
Slide 20 Comments...
Allowed
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