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Settlers who settled in Oklahoma during the Oklahoma Land Rush
Sooners
Miners
Gold Rush
Exodusters
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What do the Dawes Act, Homestead Act & the Morrill Act have in common?
regulation of the Transcontinental Railroad
the settlement of Western land
destroying American Indian culture
the rights of minorities
3
What GA city was the site of the first gold rush in the United States?
Savannah
Atlanta
Dahlonega
Ellijay
4
What was the purpose of cattle drives?
To move cattle to the railroad terminals for shipping back east
To make the cattle stronger to have better meat.
To find water sources for cattle during the drought.
To find free grazing land to feed the cattle.
5
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
There was no such act
Invited the Chinese/Asian immigrants to the United States
Didn't do anything
Banned the Chinese/Asian immigrants
6
Where did the Sand Creek Massacre occur?
Maine
China
Colorado
Texas
7
The US Gov't encouraged the construction of RR's by...
They didn't help the RR companies
creating timezones
Forcing immigrants to work on the RR
Providing free land to RR companies
8
The transcontinental railroad was primarily built to
connect the Atlantic (east) and Pacific (west) coasts of the US
create railroad tycoons
provide jobs for immigrants
create competition for covered wagons
9
1887 law intended to “Americanize” Native Americans by distributing land to individual owners.
Assimilation
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Morrill Act
10
What was the Sand Creek Massacre?
US army massacre against an Indian camp that made threats
US army massacre against an Indian camp hailing a white flag
Indian massacre against white settlers that took their land
Indian massacre against an unsuspecting US army outpost
11
The Dawes Act failed for all these reasons EXCEPT
Banks foreclosed on their farms
Natives did not want to give up their culture
Natives had no knowledge of farming and got poor farm land
Natives never received the money promised for the land
12
Vast grassland in central North America from Texas to Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
The Outback
Northwest Ordinance
13
Laws enacted in 1862 & 1890 to create agricultural colleges by giving federal land to states.
Morrill Land Grant Act
Dawes Act
Education Land Grant
Farming Act
14
Which of these was NOT a result of the California Gold Rush?
The Population of California grew significantly.
The United States became one of the most powerful countries of the world.
The United States became one of the richest countries in the world.
California became a slave state
15
Colleges created by Morrill Land Grant Act specialized in what 2 majors?
History and Music
Art and Cooking
Math and Science
Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
16
Law intended to force assimilation of Native Americans into American culture.
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
19th amendment
18th amendment
17
In what way are the Homestead Act and the Dawes Act similar?
Both acts benefitted Native Americans.
Neither act resulted in more western settlements
Both acts distributed western lands to individuals
Neither act allowed single men to own land
18
What impact did westward expansion and reservations have on Native Americans
Loss of cultural beliefs / way of life
Buffalo population increase
They lived peacefully with settlers
Native Americans discovered Gold
19
African Americans who migrated from the South to Kansas in the post-Reconstruction years
Granger
Buffalo Soldiers
Settler
Exodusters
20
TWO MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS WHO MOSTLY BUILT TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
CHINESE AND IRISH
SLAVES AND CHINESE
SLAVES AND MORMONS
JEWS AND ITALIANS
21
Which is a land grant college created by the Morrill Act of 1862?
University of Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Sam Houston State
22
Which brought and end to the open-range western frontier?
Soddy Homes
Morrill Act
Bonanza Farming
Barbed Wire
23
A home built of blocks of turf.
Dugout
Soddy
Prairie House
Turf Hut
24
The impact of the Battle of Little Bighorn was
The US gave the land back to the Native Americans
The US renewed efforts to defeat the Native Americans
The US put all captured Native Americans in prison
The US signed a peace treaty with the Native Americans
25
The Morrill Land Grant Act led to the spread of?
settlement houses
segregation
commercial farming
colleges
26
Minority group’s adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture.
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Assimilation
Culture Act
27
The American Government felt they were destined to expand west
Louisiana Purchase
Imperialism
Homestead Act
Manifest Destiney
28
In the 1850s, government policy toward the Plains tribes was to
define boundaries for each tribe and sign treaties
provoke intertribal warfare
ignore them and hope they would eventually die out
exterminate them
29
This act provided 160 Acres of land to settlers
Dawes Act
Farming Act
Bimetallism Act
Homestead Act
30
What limited the effectiveness of the Homestead Act?
wealthy Europeans bought up the best land
few settlers could afford the high price the land cost
railroads controlled the best land
prospective settlers faced an arid climate and hard life and lack of trees
31
Which is an example of something Native American Assimilation did not force them to do...
forced to only speak English
all the choices were the target of assimilation policy
forced to change their clothes
forced to change their names
32
What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
to bring over Chinese immigrants to build the railroads
to set up agricultural & mechanical colleges out west
to put Native Americans on reservations
to assimilate Native Americans to prevent more conflicts
33
What method of assimilation did settlers use to target Native American youths?
work camps
churches
Indian schools
reservations
34
The purpose of the Homestead Act was to?
increase industrialization & urbanization
encourage western expansion by giving away land
get the transcontinental railways built
force the Native Americans on reservations
35
The goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to...
settle a diplomatic dispute between the US and China
stop Chinese immigrants from attending US schools
lower Chinese immigration to the US
segregate Chinese and American schools
36
Massacre by U.S. soldiers of 300 unarmed Native Americans that ended the Indian Wars in 1890
Battle of the Black Hills
Battle of SandCreek
Battle of Little Big Horn
Battle of Wounded Knee
37
What led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 being passed?
Pearl Harbor
White citizens' fear of job loss
The upbringing of the KKK
Fear of overthrow of government by the Chinese
38
Generally Speaking, the Gov. pushed the Native Americans onto reservations because
Native Americans attacked the east coast
Wanted more land to build Railroads
Native Americans were "Americanized"
Settlers got along with the Tribes
39
At the battle of Little Bighorn in 1876...
Leland Stanford was defeated
The Transcontinental Railraod was completed
Custer and his men were defeated and killed
Custer and his men were victorious over the Sioux
