AP P. 607-613

Which of the following had nothing/little to do with the settlement of the west?

• California Gold Rush

• Homestead Act

• Transcontinental RR

• Purchase of Alaska

What 1867 treaty forced numerous tribes onto reservations in Indian Territory thus competing for scarce resources and survival?

• Medicine Lodge Treaty

• Treaty of Greenville

• Treaty of Fort Laramie

• Indian Removal Act

What animal, vital to the survival of Native Americans, was hunted for trade and sport and almost became extinct on the plains?

• Buffalo

• Sheep

• Horses

• Dragons

What was the name of the slaughter of 105 Cheyenne men, women and children in Colorado desite their holding a white truce banner?

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Wounded Kne

• Red River War

• Black Hawk War

What 1867 treaty ackknowledged U.S. defeat in the Great Sioux War supposedly giving the Sioux perpetual land and hunting rights on the northern plains?

• Medicine Lodge Treaty

• Treaty of Greenville

• Treaty of Fort Laramie

• Indian Removal Act

The discovery of gold in Black Hills led to what military confrontation?

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Wounded Kne

• Red River War

• Custers Last Stand

What was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the era and involved the Kiowas and the Comanches near Arizona?

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Wounded Kne

• Red River War

• Custers Last Stand

What tribe living in the northwest who had originaly assisted American armies and settlers but were attacked by U.S. troops and surrendered leading them to Kansas and Oklahoma with their leader Chief Joseph?

• Nez Perce

• Comanche

• Souix

• Lakotas