early settlement-building in the Great Salt Lake region. ‘The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 created reservations for the Plains 8 Indians of the northern Plains.’ Is that statement true or false? Write a definition of 9 ‘Manifest Destiny’. What did the US government hope to achieve 10 by creating a Permanent Indian Frontier? In what year did the 11 American Civil War end – and who won? How many acres were allotted to someone making 12 a claim under the Homestead Act? What were the names of 13 the two companies set up by the Pacific Railroad Act? In what year was the First 14 Transcontinental Railroad completed? What was invented in 1874 that made it much easier 15 and cheaper for homesteaders to protect their crops and livestock?
early settlement-building in the Great Salt Lake region. 8 ‘The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 created reservations for the Plains Indians of the northern Plains.’ Is that statement true or false? 9 Write a definition of ‘Manifest Destiny’. 10 What did the US government hope to achieve by creating a Permanent Indian Frontier? 11 In what year did the American Civil War end – and who won? 12 How many acres were allotted to someone making a claim under the Homestead Act? 13 What were the names of the two companies set up by the Pacific Railroad Act? 14 In what year was the First Transcontinental Railroad completed? 15 What was invented in 1874 that made it much easier and cheaper for homesteaders to protect their crops and livestock?
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