Gilded Age Quiz

Who brought horses to the New World?

• England

• Spain

• Portugal

• Mexico

What did the Homestead Act do?

• Gave citizens 60 acres of land and all they had to do was live on it for 5 years

• Ended Slavery

• Started the Civil War

• Gave citizens 160 acres of land and all they had to do was live on it for 5 years

Treaty of Fort Laramie was intended to do what?

• End the Civil War

• End conflict between the US and Sioux tribes

• US gained Texas Territory

• Helped aid new immigrants

What happened to the Us Army in Custer's last stand (Battle of Little Big Horn)?

• Sitting Bull was killed and the natives lost their land

• All of the natives were killed

• Custer, as well as all of his men were killed

• All of the above

What animal used to roam the Great Plains with a population of roughly 65 million in 1800?

• Texas Longhorns

• Deer

• Prairie Dogs

• Bison

The Battle of Wounded Knee saw what happen?

• General Custer died, as did all of his men

• Sitting Bull was killed

• Over 300 Natives Americans were slaughtered by the US Government

• Deadliest Conflict in US History

First Transcontinental Railroad met where?

• Sacramento, California

• Chicago, Illinois

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Point, Utah

The Populist Movement was supported by who?

• Immigrants

• Farmers

• Wealthy

• Veterans

Where did most of the new immigrants come from?

• Asia

• Africa

• South America

• Europe

What is the island in the NYC harbor where 17 million immigrants passed through?

• Ellis Island

• Liberty island

• Governors Island

• Angel island