Chapter 2 Quiz

A  It marked the end of the reservation policy.

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 initiated a new round of violence in the Northern Plains.

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

A  The Rio Grande

B  The American River

C  The Missouri River

D  The Powder River

E  The Mississippi River

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

B  was specifically articulated in a newspaper article in 1845

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

D  disguised pre-Civil War divisions over westward expansion

E  is represented in all of the above statements

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

B  established the outlines of the reservation system

C  successfully ended warfare in the Northern Plains

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

E  accomplished all of the above

A  was financed with significant government subsidies

B  employed large numbers of Chinese workers

C  was completed in 1869

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

E  is represented by all of these statements

A  Wounded Knee

B  Fort Laramie War

C  Red River War

D  Greasy Grass

E  Sand Creek

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

B  protect American Indian lands

C  provide much-needed services to impoverished Indian tribes

D  serve as tools for assimilating Native Americans

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

A  Dakotas

B  California

C  Nevada

D  Kansas

E  Montana

A  Avoiding homesteads when moving cattle.

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

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

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  Trans-Mississippi Wasteland

B  Great American Desert

C  Prairie Wilderness

D  Intermountain Barrens

E  Great Plains

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  Immigrants did not qualify for homesteading.

D  Homesteading continued into the twentieth century.

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

A  the introduction of barbed wire fencing

B  federal regulation

C  the arrival of the railroads

D  the threat of Indian warfare

E  all of these

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

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

C  The expedition located the Northwest Passage.

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

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

A  Montana

B  South Dakota

C  North Dakota

D  Wyoming

E  Oklahoma