U.S. Top. 3.1 Western Frontier

The Grassland extending through the west central portion of the United States.

• The Grange

• Great Plains

• Mid-West

• The Exoduster

This agreement placed the Sioux on reservation along the Indian River in 1868.

• Treaty of Fort Laramie

• Treaty of Wounded Knee

• Sand Creek Compromise

• None of the above

A Sioux Chief and the iconic leader of the Native American resistance towards the U.S. Government.

• Geronimo

• Crazy Horse

• Sitting Bull

• Red Cloud

This U.S. Army Colonel's death became infamous at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

• Henry Dawes

• George Armstrong Custer

• George Dewey

• James Walker

Assimilation is a minority groups adoption and beliefs of the dominant culture.

• True

• False

This was intended to Americanize Native Americans by distributing tribal lands to individual owners.

• Homestead Act

• 40 Acres and a Mule

• Dawes Act

• Treaty of Wounded Knee

The Massacre of 300 mostly unarmed Sioux Indians at the hands of the U.S. army, this marked the end of the Plains Indian War.

• Wounded Knee

• Medicine Creek

• Medicine Lodge

• Fort Laramie

The Texas Longhorn became the predominant breed of cattle that was raised in the Southwest United States.

• True

• False

The major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas to Oklahoma, then finally ending in Kansas.

• Goodnight Trail

• Western Trail

• Red River Trail

• Chisholm Trail

The movement of cattle on an overland route to the shipping center was called a long drive.

• True

• False