Chapter 2 Quiz

A  It is the only such massacre in the history of Indian-white relations.

B  It marked the end of armed Indian resistance on the Plains.

C  It marked the end of the reservation policy.

D  It initiated a new round of violence in the Northern Plains.

E  It helped restore the sacred Black Hills for the Lakotas.

A  The Missouri River

B  The Powder River

C  The Rio Grande

D  The Mississippi River

E  The American River

A  refers to the idea that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

B  was specifically articulated in a newspaper article in 1845

C  disguised pre-Civil War divisions over westward expansion

D  served to justify American expansion to lands occupied by Native American tribes.

E  is represented in all of the above statements

A  called for the establishment of a school system for Native American children

B  successfully ended warfare in the Northern Plains

C  established the outlines of the reservation system

D  prevented further travel by settlers through the Indian territories in the Northern Plains

E  accomplished all of the above

A  involved corruption and deceit that greatly benefited the leadership of the railroad companies

B  was financed with significant government subsidies

C  is represented by all of these statements

D  was completed in 1869

E  employed large numbers of Chinese workers

A  Wounded Knee

B  Fort Laramie War

C  Greasy Grass

D  Sand Creek

E  Red River War

A  serve as tools for assimilating Native Americans

B  provide much-needed services to impoverished Indian tribes

C  allow for Native Americans to continue as sovereign units within the borders of the United States

D  protect American Indian lands

E  keep tribes away from each other to prevent alliances against Americans

A  Montana

B  California

C  Nevada

D  Dakotas

E  Kansas

A  herding cattle from the ranges in Texas and other remote areas to the nearest accessible railroad to be shipped to slaughterhouses in the East.

B  Avoiding homesteads when moving cattle.

C  using cattle to draw pioneer wagons along the Oregon Trail.

D  moving cattle between pastures to take advantage of the best grass to feed on.

E  rounding up cattle from around the ranch for branding in the spring.

A  Great Plains

B  Great American Desert

C  Prairie Wilderness

D  Intermountain Barrens

E  Trans-Mississippi Wasteland

A  The government supplemented the original act to allow for larger land homesteads in arid regions.

B  Women could register homesteads in their name.

C  Homesteading continued into the twentieth century.

D  Speculators frustrated the intention of the act by gaining access to best lands.

E  Immigrants did not qualify for homesteading.

A  federal regulation

B  the arrival of the railroads

C  the introduction of barbed wire fencing

D  the threat of Indian warfare

E  all of these

A  The Corps of Discovery traveled all the way to the Pacific Ocean, strengthening American claims to that region.

B  Lewis and Clark came back with information about local Native tribes.

C  The expedition located the Northwest Passage.

D  The expedition documented the animals and plantlife of the region.

E  Lewis and Clark were the first Americans to map the Louisiana Purchase region.

A  North Dakota

B  Wyoming

C  Montana

D  Oklahoma

E  South Dakota