The West

Many Native Americans longed for the return of their way of life.  Many turned to a religious ceremony called the ______________.

• Moon Dance
• Sun Dance
• Greasy grass Dance
• Ghost Dance

Settlers were able to claim 160 acres in the Great Plains as a result of the

• Homestead Act
• Civil Rights Act of 1866
• Dawes Act
• Wounded Knee Treaty

Which individual was on the WINNING side of the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

• Sitting Bull
• George Custer
• Chief Joseph
• Jim Thorpe

Which was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians?

• Wounded Knee
• The Little Bighorn
• Bull Run
• Falling Timbers

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

Grazing cattle on government property for free with no restrictions was called

• open season
• open range
• open opportunity
• open ranching

Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system and the need for cowboys?

• The use of sod for houses
• The invention of barbed wire
• The development of railroads
• The disappearance of big mining companies

Most farmers on the Great Plains grew ___________ because it could endure the dry conditions

• corn
• barley
• wheat
• cotton

___________ played a major role in the mining and cattle industry for transporting

• wagon trains
• railroads
• trucks
• tractors

_____________ mining involved the use of simple tools

• glacier
• placer
• sluice
• juice