Chapter 2 Quiz

A  It marked the end of the reservation policy.

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

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

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

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

A  The Powder River

B  The American River

C  The Rio Grande

D  The Mississippi River

E  The Missouri River

A  was specifically articulated in a newspaper article in 1845

B  disguised pre-Civil War divisions over westward expansion

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

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

C  established the outlines of the reservation system

D  successfully ended warfare in the Northern Plains

E  accomplished all of the above

A  employed large numbers of Chinese workers

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

C  was completed in 1869

D  was financed with significant government subsidies

E  is represented by all of these statements

A  Greasy Grass

B  Wounded Knee

C  Red River War

D  Fort Laramie War

E  Sand Creek

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

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

C  provide much-needed services to impoverished Indian tribes

D  protect American Indian lands

E  serve as tools for assimilating Native Americans

A  California

B  Dakotas

C  Montana

D  Kansas

E  Nevada

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

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

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

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

E  Avoiding homesteads when moving cattle.

A  Intermountain Barrens

B  Trans-Mississippi Wasteland

C  Great Plains

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  Homesteading continued into the twentieth century.

D  Immigrants did not qualify for homesteading.

E  Women could register homesteads in their name.

A  all of these

B  the arrival of the railroads

C  federal regulation

D  the introduction of barbed wire fencing

E  the threat of Indian warfare

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

B  The expedition located the Northwest Passage.

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

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

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

A  Montana

B  Wyoming

C  North Dakota

D  Oklahoma

E  South Dakota