Chapter 2 Quiz

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

B  It marked the end of the reservation policy.

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

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

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

A  The Missouri River

B  The Powder River

C  The American River

D  The Mississippi River

E  The Rio Grande

A  disguised pre-Civil War divisions over westward expansion

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

C  was specifically articulated in a newspaper article in 1845

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

E  is represented in all of the above statements

A  successfully ended warfare in the Northern Plains

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

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

D  established the outlines of the reservation system

E  accomplished all of the above

A  employed large numbers of Chinese workers

B  is represented by all of these statements

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

D  was financed with significant government subsidies

E  was completed in 1869

A  Red River War

B  Wounded Knee

C  Fort Laramie War

D  Sand Creek

E  Greasy Grass

A  serve as tools for assimilating Native Americans

B  protect American Indian lands

C  provide much-needed services to impoverished Indian tribes

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

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

A  Montana

B  Nevada

C  Kansas

D  California

E  Dakotas

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

C  Avoiding homesteads when moving cattle.

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

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

A  Great Plains

B  Intermountain Barrens

C  Trans-Mississippi Wasteland

D  Prairie Wilderness

E  Great American Desert

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

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

C  Immigrants did not qualify for homesteading.

D  Women could register homesteads in their name.

E  Homesteading continued into the twentieth century.

A  all of these

B  the introduction of barbed wire fencing

C  the arrival of the railroads

D  federal regulation

E  the threat of Indian warfare

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

B  The expedition located the Northwest Passage.

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

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  Wyoming

B  Montana

C  South Dakota

D  North Dakota

E  Oklahoma