Unit 5 Quiz 3

True or False: The Great Plains was the perfect place to farm.

• True

• False

What was one of the inventions that made farming easier on the Great Plains?

• Barbed Wire

• Kool-aid

• steel saw

• water wheels

What was one of the farming inventions that made farming easier on the Great Plains?

• spam

• knives

• steel plow

• tractors

What animal was vital to the survival of the Native Americans?

• cows

• horses

• cats

• buffalo

In 1849, a HUGE amount of men traveled to California to "strike it rich". What was this called?

• Sutters mill

• gold rush

• manifest destiny

• silver rush

What major project did the government feel would help the American economy and make it easier for people to settle out west?

• Model T car

• horse and wagon

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Oregon Trail

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.

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

• farm cooperative
• sooner
• Chisholm Trail
• reservation

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

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

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