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Unit I: The West Review Game
Unit I: The West Review Game
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Unit I: The West
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1
The battle that brought the Indian wars to a bitter end was called
Sand Creek Massacre
The Battle of Gettysburg
Wounded Knee
Battle of Little Big Horn
2
Which of the following words below would you associate with this video clip?
Maturation
Assimilate
Melting Pot
Displacement
3
The Grange did all of the following except:
support banks
oppose the railroads
oppose new technology for irrigation
support candidates
4
This battle is where General George Custer was surrounded and had his "last stand."
Black Hills
Wounded Knee
Sand Creek
Little Big Horn
5
All of the following groups of people were cowboys
EXCEPT
African-Americans
whites
Pakistani
Vaqueros
6
All of the following were reasons for the end of the open range or long-drive except:
Overgrazing of the land
Invention of wooden fence
Bad weather
Railroads
7
This 1862 act gave land to states to create universities to aid the farmer - Hint: MSU was one!
Stafford
Morill
Davidson
Johnson and Johnson
8
This Democratic "silverite" was out to help the farmer and laborer in the election of 1896.
Grover Clevaland
William Wallace
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
9
Who is this American President?
William McKinley
Grover Clevaland
Ulysses S. Grant
William Jennings Bryan
10
Region of grasslands envied by settlers to start a new life in the mid to late 1800's and beyond
Southwest
Midwest
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
11
Which of the following
WAS NOT
an economic problem confronted by American farmers in the 1890s?
crop failures
high rate of loans and mortgages sought by farmers
changing currency values
fair railroad shipping rates
12
Mr. Booth's cat is named
Torii Hunter Booth
Apollo Creed
Killer Booth
Meow Meow Booth
13
Type of home on the plains was cool in the summer, cheap, but a haven for snakes and insects
cabin
dugout
Little House on the Prairie
soddy
14
The group Oliver Hudson Kelley started that provided education to farmers and fought railroads
American Civil Liberties Union
Patrons of Husbandry
United Wheat Farmers of America
United Auto Workers
15
Which of the following
IS NOT
part of the Populist Party's political platform?
term limits for senators and vice president
Graduated tax (more money you make, more you pay)
Increase in mone supply
10-hour workday limit
16
In your favorite class, US History, Unit I was based on what chapter?
3
7
5
1
17
The major cattle rout from San Antonio Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas from the 1870's-90's.
Western Trail
Sedalia and Baxter Springs
Chisholm Trail
Goodnight-Loving
18
Which of the following does
NOT
characterize the life of the American cowboy?
rounding up cattle
shoot outs with outlaws
14 hour day of hard work
the longdrive
19
The main reason for rapid settlement of the west was:
cash incentives
free land
the buffalo slaughter
agricultural inventions
20
Leader of the LAKOTA Sioux was the symbolic "Indian," refused treaties, and died on the reservation
Crowfoot
Red Cloud
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
21
In 1896, farmers and laborers were in favor of what currency?
Silver only
the Gold Standard (Paper money and gold)
Paper money only
Bimetallism (Paper money, gold, and silver)
22
The movement of the people was known as
Exoduster
The Progressive Party
Populism
Democratic Party
23
What historical legislation does this film clip refer to?
Indian Allottment Act
Dawes Act
Homestead
15th Amendment
24
How did the invention of barbed wire change the look of the Western Frontier?
It enriched the cow towns
It ended the cattle frontier
It increased cattle herd size
It endangered wildlife