American History Chapter 11 Quiz

In 1867 the Indian Peace Commission proposed creating one large reservation on the Plains.

• True

• False

The Chisolm Trail was a path used by the railroads to move through the Rocky Mountains

• True

• False

in 1890 the Census Bureau reported that there was no longer a true frontier left in America.

• True

• False

Rich farmland brought the first wave of settlers that populated the mountain states of the West.

• True

• False

After gold was discovered in 1858 in Nevada near Pikes Peak, miners rushed to the area, declaring "Pikes Peak or Bust"

• True

• False

According to the chart above, from 1860 to 1900, there were approximately ____________ miles of railroad track laid in the United States.

• 53,000

• 123,000

• 208,000

• 229,000

The Chisolm Trail was a trail that...

• cowboys used to drive cattle to a railroad line

• Lewis and Clark mapped on their journey to the Pacific Ocean

• Native Americans traveled on their forced westward migration

• wagon trails followed through the Rocky Mountains

What brought the first wave of settlers to the West?

• farming

• fur trading

• mining

• ranching

The quote stresses the speaker's belief in the importance of...

• assimilation

• diversity

• resistance

• segregation

It was not until 1924 that Congress granted all Native Americans..

• citizenship

• reservation land

• the right to assimilate

• the right to vote