US History II Westward Expansion

How did the development of the railroad impact the bison population?

• the amount of bison did not change
• the amount of bison decreased
• the amount of bison increased
• bison migrated east

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the NA move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
• Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
• Polluted the air and the natural environment
• All of the above

What was the government policy that divided tribal land among Native Americans for farming?

• Compromise of 1877
• Custer's Last Stand 1876
• Dawes Severalty Act 1887
• Declaration of Independence 1776

Which of the following was widely used in the Great Plains to build houses for the settlers?

• sun dried brick (adobe)

• lumber from trees

• Sod (made from mud and grass)

• buffalo hides for teepees

In 1890, a massacre of Lakota Sioux by United States Cavalry occurred as what became known as

• Wounded Knee

• Little Big Horn

• Lexington and Concord

• Saratoga

The reason why raw and manufactured goods could be transported more easily

• the trails that people followed across the country

• the growth of railroads

• people delivered products on their wagons

• stores popped up in the Great Plains

Which is TRUE regarding the Battle of Little Bighorn.

• Custer successfully killed all the natives

• Custer continued to have a good relationship with the natives before and after the battle.

• All of Custer's men were killed

Who was the author of ‘A Century of Dishonor’v

• Sitting Bull

• Helen Hunt Jackson

• Matthew Perry

• George Custer

Calvary commander at Little Bighorn

• Black Kettle

• George Custer

• Sitting Bull

• Chief Joseph