Late 1800's (1860's to 1890)

What act gave 160 acres to any family who would linve on the land and farm it for 5 years?

• The Homestead Promise
• The Homestead Neighborhood
• The Homestead Act of 1862
• The Homestead farmland

The transcontinental railroad joined together where?

• Denver, Colorado
• Salt Lake City, Utah
• Promontory, Utah
• Carson City, Nevada

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to--

• promote cultural assimilation of American Indians.
• turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmlands.
• end warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military.
• promote American Indian investment in private industry.

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

• Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.
• Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to public property through homesteading.
• Speculators bought large parcels of land and built factory towns to attract new immigrants.
• Native Americans sold most of their tribal land directly to railroad companies.

Which of the following inventions brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?

• steel plow
• reaper
• windmill
• barbed wire

Invention of the steel plow, the passage of the Homestead Act, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad all contributed to the

• development of the Great Plains
• growth of the plantation system of agriculture
• extension of slavery into the western territories
• gold rushes in California and Nevada

Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought wars against Indians on Great Plains

•  Buffalo Soldiers 
• Buffalo Wings
• Buffalo Navy
•  Buffalo Riders

Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, massacred the U.S. 7th Cavalry led by General George Custer

•  Sand Creek Massacre
• Wounded Knee
•  Little Big Horn
•  Big Little Horn

What group of people wanted to limit immigration in the US in the 1900s?

• Labor Unions
• Nativists
• Business Owners

What was the most famous political machine of New York City?

• Johnson Hall
• Tammany Hall
• Carnegie Hall