Westward

When the gold was gone, towns that were once boomtowns often became

• gold towns
• bust towns
• ghost towns
• booming towns

What gave 160 acres to people willing to settle the plains?

• Dawes Act
• National Grange
• Farmers' Alliances
• Homestead Act

The Plains Indians met their need for food by hunting

• chickens
• wild pigs
• buffalo
• horses

A way  to take large herds to railway shipping points

• Crazy Horse
• cattle drive
• reservation
• Statue of Liberty

Wounded Knee

• 7th Cavalry is massacred here
• Sioux go into reservation here
• Sioux in reservation here are massacred
• Sioux are feed here

Dawes Act

• Sioux Indians massacred here
• Indians are assimilated by this
• Indians are killed by this
• Indians are moved on Trail of Tears

Most people became wealthy by finding gold during the Gold Rush.

• True - everyone became a millionaire!
• False - a few found gold, but those who became wealthy sold supplies to the miners. 

10. Why did the gold rush end? 

• A. California passed a law against gold prospecting 
• B. Most of the land in California was bought up by fortune-seekers 
• C. All the easy-to-find gold was quickly taken
• D. The Civil War broke out, and prospectors had to go and fight 

What was the agency created by the United States that was supposed to ease tensions between Native Americans and whites settlers?

• Department of Homeland Security
• Justice Department
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Department of Westward Expansion

What act divided up Indian reservations into plots of land to be given to the Indian families?

• Hayes Act
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• Bland-Allison Act
• Dawes Act