Chapter 2 Quiz

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

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

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 the reservation policy.

A  The Powder River

B  The Missouri River

C  The Rio Grande

D  The Mississippi River

E  The American River

A  was specifically articulated in a newspaper article in 1845

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

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

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

D  successfully ended warfare in the Northern Plains

E  accomplished all of the above

A  was completed in 1869

B  is represented by all of these statements

C  employed large numbers of Chinese workers

D  was financed with significant government subsidies

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

A  Fort Laramie War

B  Wounded Knee

C  Red River War

D  Sand Creek

E  Greasy Grass

A  protect American Indian lands

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

C  provide much-needed services to impoverished Indian tribes

D  serve as tools for assimilating Native Americans

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

A  Montana

B  Dakotas

C  Nevada

D  California

E  Kansas

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

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

E  Avoiding homesteads when moving cattle.

A  Intermountain Barrens

B  Prairie Wilderness

C  Great American Desert

D  Trans-Mississippi Wasteland

E  Great Plains

A  Immigrants did not qualify for homesteading.

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

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

D  Homesteading continued into the twentieth century.

E  Women could register homesteads in their name.

A  federal regulation

B  the introduction of barbed wire fencing

C  all of these

D  the arrival of the railroads

E  the threat of Indian warfare

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

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

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

D  The expedition located the Northwest Passage.

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

A  Montana

B  North Dakota

C  South Dakota

D  Oklahoma

E  Wyoming