Chapter 7, 8, 9 Test Review

Question 1

The Battle of Honey Springs was a victory for who?

Accepted Answer

The Union

Question 2

Why did many of the tribes support the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

They believed they had been abandoned by the federal government

Question 3

The Homestead Act is still in effect today

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

The number of people moving west increased in the 1830s. Which was NOT a reason for this migration?

Accepted Answer

tourism and nature

Question 5

Which famous military officer was NOT assigned to Indian Territory?

Accepted Answer

General Ulysses S. Grant

Question 6

Which type of water transportation was NOT used in Indian Territory?

Accepted Answer

tugboats

Question 7

As settlers traveled the Osage Trace, they renamed the route and called it the Kansas Road.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Many of the agencies serving Native Americans in Oklahoma were headed by which religious group?

Accepted Answer

Quakers

Question 9

The route of the Santa Fe Trail that went through Oklahoma was called the

Accepted Answer

Cimarron Route

Question 10

Two congressional acts passed during the Civil War that made a huge impact were the Pacific Railway and Homestead Act.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

The fort built by Major General Sheridan in Comanche country at the foothills of the Wichita Mountains was?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sill

Question 12

The Buffalo Soldiers were mainly ex-Confederate soldiers?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Between 1850 and 1870, which became the primary form of public transportation in the West?

Accepted Answer

Stagecoaches

Question 14

Who was the last Confederate commander to surrender and on what date?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee; March 26, 1865

Question 15

The east and west coasts were first connected to the central part of the continent by what mode of transportation?

Accepted Answer

stagecoach lines

Question 16

Which location was NOT a “jumping-off point” for the westward movement?

Accepted Answer

Memphis

Question 17

Beginning in 1848, the number of people crossing Indian Territory increased after the discovery of what where?

Accepted Answer

Gold in Califorina

Question 18

Which military leader led the 7th Cavalry to a surprise attack on the Cheyenne village on the banks of the Washita?

Accepted Answer

Lt. Colonel George Custer

Question 19

Why was the Battle of Honey Springs such a big deal in our state?

Accepted Answer

It was the largest, bloodiest, most decisive Civil War battle in Indian Ter

Question 20

President Lincoln created the Freedmen’s Bureau to accomplish ALL of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

provide a government welfare program for former slaves.

Question 21

The route of the Santa Fe Trail that went through Oklahoma was located in the

Accepted Answer

Panhandle

Question 22

The American explorer who referred to Oklahoma as the “Great American Desert” was

Accepted Answer

Major Stephen Long.

Question 23

On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

The Cheyenne chief killed in the Battle of the Washita was who?

Accepted Answer

Black Kettle.

Question 25

At the Medicine Lodge Treaty, which provision was NOT agreed upon by all the tribes?

Accepted Answer

Indians would set up a governmental system based on the U.S. Constitution.

Question 26

The term “Oklahoma” for a single territorial government was first used by

Accepted Answer

Allen Wright representing the Choctaw.

Question 27

In the 1850s, most people in the southern states

Accepted Answer

lived on small farms and owned no slaves.

Question 28

After the Civil War, tribal leaders in Oklahoma were

Accepted Answer

forced to work out new treaties with the Union.

Question 29

The 10th Regiment of the United States Army was distinct because it was

Accepted Answer

an all-black regiment

Question 30

What is the significance of General Stand Watie and the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

He was the only Indian to be named a general in the war.

Chapter 7, 8, 9 Test Review

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Chapter 7, 8, 9 Test Review

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