Westward Expansion Questions

What are some of the main reasons that the federal government's policy of assimilation failed?



There were two reasons the federal government's policy of assimilation failed. The first is that the Native American's didn't want to be assimilated. So some resisted with force. The second is that Native American's weren't given the choice to assimilate it was forced on them.



How successful were government efforts to promote settlement of the Great Plains? Give examples to support your answer.

It was very succesful. The government payed to build railroad which greatly decreased the time for travel which made it easier to move out west. The government also passed the Homestead act which gave 160 arces of free land to every head of the family. This helped premote settlement of the Great Plains.