Settling The West

The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..

• established ranching towns for cattle drivers.
• offered free land to those willing to farm it.
• offered land to gold prospectors.
• promised protection from Native Americans.

Which of the following might a vigilante in a boomtown have been likely to say?

• "We should elect a sheriff and a judge to enforce the law."
• "Let's give crooks the kind of justice they deserve."
• "We shouldn't have to pay taxes unless we get something in return."
• "Our community needs more churches and schools."

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

• Cotton
• Deer
• Buffalo
• Gold

Colonel George Armstrong Custer is best known for his..

• support of the rights of Native Americans.
• disastrous loss in Battle of the Little Bighorn.
• defeat of the Sioux and Cheyenne in the Indian Wars.
• unsuccessful bid for the presidency.

Settlers moving west did not think the Great Plains were fit for farming because..

• only the Spanish and DNative Americans had settled there.
• the area recieved little rainfall and had few trees.
• the region was home to many dangerous wild animals.
• most of the land was too far from existing towns.

One of the primary purposes of the Dawes Act was to..

• turn Native Americans into farmers.
• rebuild the Native American nations.
• restore the tribal ownership of land.
• encourage the Native American population to increase.

The term "sodbusters" refers to..

• railroad workers.
• Great Plains farmers.
• Oklahomans.
• cowhands.

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

• farm cooperative
• sooner
• Chisholm Trail
• reservation

When the mines ran out in Boom-towns and the people moved on it often created ____________

• Slow towns
• Small towns
• Ghost towns
• Mini towns

_____________ mining involved the use of simple tools

• glacier
• placer
• sluice
• juice