Ch. 26 The Great West and Agricultural Revolution

In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military after the Civil War, the

• A) Indians were never as well armed as the soldiers.

• B) the U.S. army was able to dominate with its superior technology.

• C) there was often great cruelty and massacres on both sides.

• D) Indians proved to be no match for the soldiers.

• E) Indians and soldiers seldom came into face-to-face combat.

The Plains Indians were finally forced to surrender

• A) because they were decimated by their constant intertribal warfare.

• B) when they realized that agriculture was more profitable than hunting.

• C) after such famous leaders as Geronimo and Sitting Bull were killed.

• D) when the army began using artillery against them.

• E) by the coming of the railroads and the virtual extermination of the buffalo.

A Century of Dishonor (1881), which chronicled the dismal history of Indian-white relations, was authored by

• A) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

• B) Helen Hunt Jackson.

• C) Chief Joseph.

• D) Joseph F. Glidden.

• E) William F. Cody.

The United States government's outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in the

• A) Battle of Wounded Knee.

• B) Sand Creek massacre.

• C) Battle of Little Big Horn.

• D) Dawes Severalty Act.

• E) Carlisle Indian School.

The Dawes Severalty Act was designed to promote Indian

• A) prosperity.

• B) annihilation.

• C) assimilation.

• D) culture.

• E) education.

The Homestead Act assumed that public land should be administered in such a way as to

• A) raise government revenue.

• B) conserve natural resources.

• C) favor large-scale “bonanza” farms.

• D) guarantee shipments for the railroads.

• E) promote frontier settlement.

A major problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains in the 1870s was

• A) the high price of land.

• B) the low market value of grain.

• C) the scarcity of water.

• D) overcrowding.

• E) the opposition of miners.

“Sooners” were settlers who “jumped the gun” in order to

• A) pan gold in California.

• B) stake claims in the Comstock Lode in Nevada.

• C) claim land in Oklahoma.

• D) drive the first cattle to Montana and Wyoming.

• E) grab town sites in the Dakotas.

In 1890, when the superintendent of the census announced that a stable frontier line was no longer discernible,

• A) the Homestead Act was repealed.

• B) little land remained for public sale.

• C) Americans were disturbed that the free land of the West was gone.

• D) there were no more isolated bodies of settlement.

• E) all the western territories had been admitted as states.

Cities like Denver and San Francisco did serve as a major “safety valve” by providing

• A) a home for new immigrants.

• B) recreational activities for its inhabitants.

• C) a home for failed farmers and busted miners.

• D) none of the above.

• E) all of the above.