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 marked the end of armed Indian resistance on the Plains.

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

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

A  The American River

B  The Missouri River

C  The Rio Grande

D  The Powder River

E  The Mississippi River

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

B  disguised pre-Civil War divisions over westward expansion

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

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

D  established the outlines of the reservation system

E  accomplished all of the above

A  is represented by all of these statements

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

C  was financed with significant government subsidies

D  employed large numbers of Chinese workers

E  was completed in 1869

A  Greasy Grass

B  Sand Creek

C  Wounded Knee

D  Fort Laramie War

E  Red River War

A  provide much-needed services to impoverished Indian tribes

B  serve as tools for assimilating Native Americans

C  protect American Indian lands

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  Dakotas

B  California

C  Montana

D  Kansas

E  Nevada

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

B  Avoiding homesteads when moving cattle.

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  using cattle to draw pioneer wagons along the Oregon Trail.

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

A  Trans-Mississippi Wasteland

B  Prairie Wilderness

C  Great American Desert

D  Great Plains

E  Intermountain Barrens

A  Women could register homesteads in their name.

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

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

D  Immigrants did not qualify for homesteading.

E  Homesteading continued into the twentieth century.

A  the introduction of barbed wire fencing

B  the threat of Indian warfare

C  the arrival of the railroads

D  all of these

E  federal regulation

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

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

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

D  The expedition located the Northwest Passage.

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

A  North Dakota

B  Montana

C  South Dakota

D  Wyoming

E  Oklahoma