Chapter 2 Quiz

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

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

C  It marked the end of the reservation policy.

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

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

A  The Rio Grande

B  The Mississippi River

C  The Missouri River

D  The American River

E  The Powder River

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

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

C  was specifically articulated in a newspaper article in 1845

D  disguised pre-Civil War divisions over westward expansion

E  is represented in all of the above statements

A  successfully ended warfare in the Northern Plains

B  established the outlines of the reservation system

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

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

E  accomplished all of the above

A  employed large numbers of Chinese workers

B  was financed with significant government subsidies

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

D  was completed in 1869

E  is represented by all of these statements

A  Fort Laramie War

B  Red River War

C  Wounded Knee

D  Sand Creek

E  Greasy Grass

A  provide much-needed services to impoverished Indian tribes

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

C  serve as tools for assimilating Native Americans

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

E  protect American Indian lands

A  Montana

B  Dakotas

C  Kansas

D  Nevada

E  California

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

B  Avoiding homesteads when moving cattle.

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

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

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

A  Prairie Wilderness

B  Great American Desert

C  Intermountain Barrens

D  Great Plains

E  Trans-Mississippi Wasteland

A  Homesteading continued into the twentieth century.

B  Immigrants did not qualify for homesteading.

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

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

E  Women could register homesteads in their name.

A  federal regulation

B  the arrival of the railroads

C  the threat of Indian warfare

D  all of these

E  the introduction of barbed wire fencing

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

B  The expedition located the Northwest Passage.

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

A  Wyoming

B  Montana

C  South Dakota

D  North Dakota

E  Oklahoma