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Honors American History ssa447 Chapter 15

Multiple Choice

Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Until just before the Civil War, the area between the line of settlement in the East and the Rocky Mountains was marked on maps as the

a.	Great American Plains.	c.	Great American Desert.
b.	Great American Prairie.	d.	Great American Wasteland.

____ 2. The Battle of Wounded Knee signalled

a.	the beginning of the Indian wars.
b.	the end of the Indian wars.
c.	a change in the government’s Indian policy.
d.	a need for a bigger cavalry.

____ 3. The Mormons in Utah developed a new way to raise crops, known as

a.	open range farming.	c.	public domain farming.
b.	dry farming.	d.	sod farming.

____ 4. The illegal settlers who first claimed land in the newly opened Indian Territory of Oklahoma were called

a.	Chickasaws.	c.	Boomers.
b.	Okies.	d.	Sooners.

____ 5. United States Indian policy in the 1800s included all of the following EXCEPT

a.	development of the reservation system.
b.	preservation of Native American customs.
c.	broken promises.
d.	broken treaties.

____ 6. The first force to endanger the buffalo was the

a.	weather.	c.	fence.
b.	farmers.	d.	railroad.

____ 7. One of the primary purposes of the Dawes Act was to

a.	“Americanize” the Indians.
b.	rebuild the Native American nations.
c.	restore Native Americans to their ancestral lands.
d.	encourage the Native American population to increase.

____ 8. Which of the following is a potential danger involved in the unwritten law that was practiced in the West?

a.	punishment of innocent people
b.	repeat offenders
c.	acquittal through legal technicalities
d.	victory of a minority over the wishes of the majority

____ 9. The first territory in the United States to grant women the right to vote was

a.	Wyoming.	c.	Kansas.
b.	Montana.	d.	Colorado.

____ 10. The 1862 Homestead Act provided a 160-acre plot to

a.	anyone working for the government.	c.	anyone over 21 years of age.
b.	railroad workers.	d.	native-born Americans.

____ 11. Pioneer farmers needed fencing to

a.	keep in the cattle.	c.	protect their land from dust storms.
b.	keep out the cattle.	d.	protect their land from poachers.

____ 12. Conflicts between farmers and cattle ranchers were mainly about

a.	water.	c.	use of railroads.
b.	Indians.	d.	land.

____ 13. A land rush in 1889 brought tens of thousands of settlers to

a.	South Dakota.	c.	Kansas.
b.	Nebraska.	d.	Oklahoma.

____ 14. “When dealing with savage men, as with savage beasts, no question of national honor can arise. Whether to fight, to run away, or employ a ruse, is solely a question of expediency.” The attitude expressed in this quotation might BEST explain why

a.	whites often broke promises and treaties with the Native Americans.
b.	whites took the Native Americans’ land.
c.	whites held the Native Americans in high regard as the “noble savage.”
d.	whites believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian.

____ 15. Which of the following were results of the settling of the Great American Desert? I. The buffalo almost completely disappeared. II. Native Americans were pushed onto reservations. III. Crop production on the plains was reduced. IV. New states entered the Union.

a.	I, II, and III	c.	I and IV
b.	II, III, and IV	d.	I, II, and IV

Matching

Match each item with the correct statement below.

a.	Wounded Knee	f.	Charles Goodnight
b.	Chief Joseph	g.	William Sherman
c.	Dawes Act	h.	George Custer
d.	Helen Hunt Jackson	i.	Homestead Act
e.	William Cody	j.	Samuel Colt

____ 16. Law intended to “Americanize” the Indians.

____ 17. This provided settlers with 160 acres of free land in the West.

____ 18. Wrote “A Century of Dishonor,” dramatizing the plight of Native Americans.

____ 19. He invented the six-shooter.

____ 20. Famous scout and buffalo hunter.

____ 21. A Civil War hero who turned Indian fighter.

____ 22. He tried to lead the Nez Perces to Canada.

____ 23. Site of the slaughter of 200 unarmed Native Americans in 1890.

____ 24. He was defeated at Little Big Horn.

____ 25. Western trailblazer who led cattle from Texas to Wyoming.