US History 3.1

The first settlers in the West raised

• the cash crop of corn

• the cash crop of wheat

• cattle

• sheep

Railroads had which of the following impacts on Native Americans?

• They helped Native Americans thrive because they opened new markets.

• They made native Americans wealthy because railroad companies paid them for their land.

• They hurt Native Americans by altering their way of life and disrupting their culture.

• They had little effect on Native Americans because Native Americans did not ride trains.

What event ended both the Ghost Dance movement and the Indian Wars?

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• The Sandcreek Massacre

• The Wounded Knee Massacre

• The Dawes Act

What was the impact of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 on land ownership of Native Americans? Select the two answers that are correct.

• It ended tribal ownership of land.

• It broke treaties with Western and Southwestern Native Americans.

• It declared Native Americans could never be citizens.

• It allowed tribal land not owned by individuals to be sold to whites.

• It removed all Native Americans children to boarding schools.

What subsidized the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Pacific Railway Act of 1862

• Indian Wars

• Homestead Act

• The reservation system

Parcels of land set aside by the federal government for the Native Americans were called...

• cattle drives

• reservations

• homesteads

• subsidies

How many acres of land did a homesteader get under the Homestead Act of 1862?

• 1

• 3

• 160

• 500

What was the Homestead Act?

• The act that provided anyone over the age of 21 with 160 acres of land for a small filing fee.

• Forced people to move from the south

• The rule that made Indians in the West move to Canada

• The act that provided anyone over the age of 18 with 260 acres of land for a small filing fee