BJU American Republic Chapter 17 Test

The farming of the Great Plains resulted in too much soil erosion.

• True

• False

Following the Civil War, the United States went on the gold standard.

• True

• False

Sod houses were not only practical dwellings on the plains but also pleasantly cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

• True

• False

The problems of the American Indians generally had been solved by the 1900s.

• True

• False

The Indians were known for being generally peaceful in reaction to white settlement.

• True

• False

Most cowboys on the frontier were middle-aged.

• True

• False

The West Coast was the last area of the United States to be settled.

• True

• False

The Indians were unfamiliar with the idea of owning their own land.

• True

• False

Meatpackers learned how to ship fresh meat on ice before the Civil War.

• True

• False

The decline of the buffalo herds of the West was very damaging to the Indians' way of life.

• True

• False