Chapter 2 Quiz

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

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

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

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

E  It marked the end of the reservation policy.

A  The Rio Grande

B  The Missouri River

C  The American River

D  The Powder 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  established the outlines of the reservation system

D  successfully ended warfare in the Northern Plains

E  accomplished all of the above

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

B  was completed in 1869

C  is represented by all of these statements

D  employed large numbers of Chinese workers

E  was financed with significant government subsidies

A  Red River War

B  Wounded Knee

C  Fort Laramie War

D  Sand Creek

E  Greasy Grass

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

B  protect American Indian lands

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

D  serve as tools for assimilating Native Americans

E  provide much-needed services to impoverished Indian tribes

A  Dakotas

B  California

C  Nevada

D  Montana

E  Kansas

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

B  Avoiding homesteads when moving cattle.

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

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

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.

A  Prairie Wilderness

B  Great American Desert

C  Trans-Mississippi Wasteland

D  Intermountain Barrens

E  Great Plains

A  Immigrants did not qualify for homesteading.

B  Homesteading continued into the twentieth century.

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

D  Women could register homesteads in their name.

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  the introduction of barbed wire fencing

D  the arrival of the railroads

E  federal regulation

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  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  Oklahoma

B  Montana

C  Wyoming

D  North Dakota

E  South Dakota