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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A It marked the end of armed Indian resistance on the Plains.
B It helped restore the sacred Black Hills for the Lakotas.
C It marked the end of the reservation policy.
D It initiated a new round of violence in the Northern Plains.
E It is the only such massacre in the history of Indian-white relations.
Question #2
A The American River
B The Rio Grande
C The Missouri River
D The Powder River
E The Mississippi River
Question #3
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
Question #4
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
Question #5
A involved corruption and deceit that greatly benefited the leadership of the railroad companies
B was financed with significant government subsidies
C employed large numbers of Chinese workers
D is represented by all of these statements
E was completed in 1869
Question #6
A Greasy Grass
B Fort Laramie War
C Sand Creek
D Wounded Knee
E Red River War
Question #7
A serve as tools for assimilating Native Americans
B allow for Native Americans to continue as sovereign units within the borders of the United States
C provide much-needed services to impoverished Indian tribes
D keep tribes away from each other to prevent alliances against Americans
E protect American Indian lands
Question #8
A California
B Montana
C Kansas
D Nevada
E Dakotas
Question #9
A Avoiding homesteads when moving cattle.
B using cattle to draw pioneer wagons along the Oregon Trail.
C rounding up cattle from around the ranch for branding in the spring.
D moving cattle between pastures to take advantage of the best grass to feed on.
E herding cattle from the ranges in Texas and other remote areas to the nearest accessible railroad to be shipped to slaughterhouses in the East.
Question #10
A Great American Desert
B Great Plains
C Trans-Mississippi Wasteland
D Prairie Wilderness
E Intermountain Barrens
Question #11
A Speculators frustrated the intention of the act by gaining access to best lands.
B The government supplemented the original act to allow for larger land homesteads in arid regions.
C Homesteading continued into the twentieth century.
D Immigrants did not qualify for homesteading.
E Women could register homesteads in their name.
Question #12
A the introduction of barbed wire fencing
B federal regulation
C all of these
D the threat of Indian warfare
E the arrival of the railroads
Question #13
A The expedition located the Northwest Passage.
B Lewis and Clark were the first Americans to map the Louisiana Purchase region.
C The Corps of Discovery traveled all the way to the Pacific Ocean, strengthening American claims to that region.
D Lewis and Clark came back with information about local Native tribes.
E The expedition documented the animals and plantlife of the region.
Question #14
A North Dakota
B Wyoming
C Montana
D Oklahoma
E South Dakota