Chapter 2 Quiz

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

B  It marked the end of the reservation policy.

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

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 Rio Grande

D  The American River

E  The Mississippi River

A  disguised pre-Civil War divisions over westward expansion

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

C  was specifically articulated in a newspaper article in 1845

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

E  is represented in all of the above statements

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

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

C  successfully ended warfare in the Northern Plains

D  established the outlines of the reservation system

E  accomplished all of the above

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

B  is represented by all of these statements

C  was financed with significant government subsidies

D  employed large numbers of Chinese workers

E  was completed in 1869

A  Sand Creek

B  Wounded Knee

C  Red River War

D  Fort Laramie War

E  Greasy Grass

A  serve as tools for assimilating Native Americans

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

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  protect American Indian lands

A  Kansas

B  Dakotas

C  Nevada

D  Montana

E  California

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

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

C  Avoiding homesteads when moving cattle.

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  Intermountain Barrens

D  Prairie Wilderness

E  Trans-Mississippi Wasteland

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

B  Immigrants did not qualify for homesteading.

C  Women could register homesteads in their name.

D  Homesteading continued into the twentieth century.

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

A  the threat of Indian warfare

B  all of these

C  federal regulation

D  the arrival of the railroads

E  the introduction of barbed wire fencing

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

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

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

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

E  The expedition located the Northwest Passage.

A  Oklahoma

B  South Dakota

C  Wyoming

D  North Dakota

E  Montana