Chapter 2 Quiz

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

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

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

D  It marked the end of the reservation policy.

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

A  The Rio Grande

B  The Mississippi River

C  The American River

D  The Missouri River

E  The Powder River

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

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

C  disguised pre-Civil War divisions over westward expansion

D  was specifically articulated in a newspaper article in 1845

E  is represented in all of the above statements

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

B  successfully ended warfare in the Northern Plains

C  established the outlines of the reservation system

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

E  accomplished all of the above

A  employed large numbers of Chinese workers

B  is represented by all of these statements

C  was financed with significant government subsidies

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

E  was completed in 1869

A  Greasy Grass

B  Fort Laramie War

C  Wounded Knee

D  Red River War

E  Sand Creek

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

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  provide much-needed services to impoverished Indian tribes

A  California

B  Dakotas

C  Nevada

D  Montana

E  Kansas

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

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

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

A  Intermountain Barrens

B  Great Plains

C  Great American Desert

D  Prairie Wilderness

E  Trans-Mississippi Wasteland

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

B  Women could register homesteads in their name.

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 threat of Indian warfare

B  all of these

C  the arrival of the railroads

D  federal regulation

E  the introduction of barbed wire fencing

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

B  The expedition located the Northwest Passage.

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

A  Montana

B  North Dakota

C  Wyoming

D  South Dakota

E  Oklahoma