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Settlement of the West
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Post Civil War Western Settlement
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1
Due to lack of materials what did people use to make their houses?
rock
wood
sod
sand
2
The outlawing of the Ghost Dance resulted in what?
Wounded Knee
Dawes Act
Sand Creek Massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn
3
The leader of the Lakota Sioux who organized and led the Sioux Wars, 1876-1877 was
Satanta
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
Geronimo
4
Which inventions aided the homesteaders?
silo, shovel, irrigation
plow, windmill, barbed wire
tractor, bushhog, weedeater
light bulb, Model T, barbed wire
5
The idea that the U.S. was to expand across the continent from sea to sea was?
Transcontinental Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Interstate Expansion
Reconstruction
6
Areas where Indians were confined under federal control
assimilation
homesteads
reservations
inclusion
7
The railroad affected the development of the West in all of the following ways EXCEPT
demanded land from the native americans
contributed to the near extinction of the buffalo
demanded land from Mexico
made traveling west much easier
8
What brought an end to the open range?
homesteaders
cattle drives
barbed wire
cowboys
9
Who said "I will fight no more forever" after being captured while fleeing with his tribe?
Sitting Bull
Tecumseh
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
10
What act attempted to turn Plains Indians into farmers by dividing up reservations?
The Civil Rights Act
The Dawes Act
The Assimilation Act
The Homestead Act
11
What was the end of the Indian Wars?
death of Sitting Bull
Sand Creek Massacre
the Treaty of Fort Laramie
Wounded Knee Massacre
12
What Native American leader was the originator of the Ghost Dance Movement?
Red Cloud
Crazy Horse
Wovoka
Sitting Bull
13
What act by Congress encouraged thousands of people to move to the West?
Homestead Act
Public Land Grant
Transcontinental Railroad
Morrill Land Grant
14
The discovery of gold on the Sioux Reservation in the Black Hills led to which battle?
Chivington's Raid
Red River War
Fetterman Massacre
Little Bighorn
15
Apache leader who waged warfare against the U.S. government in Arizona
Black Kettle
Geronimo
Chief Joseph
Crazy Horse
16
The slaughter of what animal forced the Plains Indians on the reservations?
the texas longhorn
the antelope
the buffalo
mexican gray wolf
17
Which of the following was an attempt to assimilate the Plains Indians?
Indian Re-education Act
Morrill Land Grant Act
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
18
What technology connected the country from sea to shining sea?
transcontinental railroad
catalogues
standard time
newspapers
19
What event culminated in the slaughtering by the militia of an entire Cheyenne village?
Battle of Little Bighorn
The Red River War
The Sand Creek Massacre
the Cheyenne Incident
20
What caused conflict between various groups in the West?
cattle ranching
mining
ethnic and economic tensions
religious practices
