Ch. 3 - Go West!

Question 1

How did the U.S. government respond to attacks by Sioux Indians in eastern Minnesota?

Accepted Answer

pushed the Sioux into the Dakotas

Question 2

Legislation that provided farm plots for people willing to live on & develop the land for 5 yrs

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Homestead Act

Question 3

The open range system of raising livestock was originally developed by:

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Mexican vaqueros

Question 4

This is the site where over 100 fleeing Indians were killed by U.S. troops in 1890.

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Wounded Knee

Question 5

Which of the following accurately describes the effects of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?

Accepted Answer

Black Southerners had more political and economic freedom

Question 6

Native Americans civilizations were threatened by:

Accepted Answer

diseases introduced by white settlers

Question 7

Which of the following caused serious conflict among various groups of people in the West?

Accepted Answer

ethnic and economic tensions

Question 8

What did the passage of the Homestead Act & Pacific Railway Act demonstrate about the governmen

Accepted Answer

it was committed to settling the western territories

Question 9

The first great boom in the West was spurred by:

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mining

Question 10

Which would be a "pull" factor in settling the west?

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discovery of gold

Question 11

Which of these best describes the lives of typical western homesteaders in the late 1800s?

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difficult and lonely

Question 12

Site of a victory by Indians led by Crazy Horse over 250 U.S. soldiers led by Gen. Custer in 1877

Accepted Answer

Little Big Horn

Question 13

Which of the following was an effect of the transcontinental railroad?

Accepted Answer

Population of the West increased

Question 14

The assimilation of Native Americans was a goal of:

Accepted Answer

the Dawes General Allotment Act

Question 15

What was the main purpose of the reservation system?

Accepted Answer

to clear federal lands for settlement

Question 16

Homesteaders on the plains usually built homes of:

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sod

Question 17

Which of the following revoked Southern blacks' civil rights?

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local and state laws

Question 18

Native Americans viewed nature as:

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sacred

Question 19

System by which branded cattle were allowed to graze freely on unfenced property

Accepted Answer

open range

Question 20

What was a negative aspect of the "Americanization" policy of the late 1880s? Native Americans:

Accepted Answer

saw the survival of their culture threatened.

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