Chapter 16 Review: The Conquest of the Far West

Because the area was arid to semiarid and thought to be unfit for Anglo-European civilization, many nineteenth-century Americans called the Far West the

• Intermountain Barrens.

• Great American Desert.

• Trans-Mississippi Wasteland.

• Prairie Wilderness.

Indian Territory, to which several eastern Indian tribes including the Cherokees and Creeks were removed, is now the state of

• Oklahoma.

• South Dakota.

• Wyoming.

• Arkansas.

What northern Plains Indian nation was the strongest?

• Pawnee

• Crow

• Cheyenne

• Sioux

What happened to the californios who dominated California prior to the gold rush of 1849?

• Most died due to epidemic diseases brought in by the miners.

• Most emigrated back to Mexico or Arizona.

• Many lost status and land and were excluded from the prosperity of the statehood period.

• The ones who could speak English adapted well and continued to dominate real estate ownership.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for Anglo-American resentment of Chinese immigrants?

• They tended to congregate together and maintain Chinese culture.

• The Chinese were perceived as lazy slackers who would not work hard.

• Some secret societies ("tongs") engaged in crime.

• Americans did not resent Chinese immigrants; they admired them for their hard work.

Most of the new migrants from the East were

• landless farmers from the post-war South.

• European immigrants.

• from the working and middle classes of the eastern United States.

• freed blacks.

Which of the following was NOT a flaw in the Homestead Act?

• There was a five-year stipulation, which many abandoned.

• The land was too costly for most settlers.

• The law did not provide capital for machines and the like.

• One hundred sixty acres was not enough land in the West.

Labor in the West

• was plentiful with all the new arrivals.

• offered excellent job security.

• was quickly unionized.

• often pitted workers of different races against each other.

Which type of mining came first as new fields opened?

• quartz (lode)

• hydrolic (water pressure)

• placer (pan)

• chemical

Which of the following states/territories did NOT experience significant mining development from the 1850s to 1880s?

• Nevada

• South Dakota

• Kansas

• Colorado