Settling The West

Native Americans who roamed vast distances were considered

• farmers.

• miners.

• nomads.

• trappers.

Who proposed creating two large reservations in 1867, one for the Sioux and another for the southern Plains Indians?

• Chief Little Crow

• General Nelson Miles

• George A. Custer

• Indian Peace Commission

People who would move into an area, hoping to become rich from finding minerals, were known as

• frontiersmen.

• prospectors.

• ranchers.

• settlers.

After the Battle of the Little Bighorn,

• Chief Joseph moved to a reservation in Idaho.

• General Custer led a counterattack against Lakota warriors.

• prospectors overran the Lakota Sioux reservation.

• Sitting Bull fled with his followers to Canada.

The fencing of the open range resulted in

• an influx of gold miners.

• increased sheep herding.

• lower demand for beef.

• the end of the long cattle drives.

What describes the historical significance of vaqueros?

• They excluded English-speaking prospectors from gold mines.

• They served in many state and local offices.

• They signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

• They taught their trade to American cowboys.

A glut of wheat on the world market led to

• an increase in the number of bonanza farms.

• an increased general demand for wheat.

• construction of new railroad lines.

• falling wheat prices paid to farmers.

Which of the following were hardships that early settlers on the Great Plains faced?

• crowded cities

• dangerous factories

• scorching summers

• too many trees

What name did the first explorers of the Great Plains give the area?

• Great American Desert

• Indian Territory

• Unfit Frontier

• Wheat Belt

The Lakota Sioux fought to keep control of their

• farm fields.

• hunting grounds.

• religious shrines.

• roads and bridges.