U.S. History - Ch.11 - Part 2

What's the name of people who moved out West to start a new life?

• Farmers

• Settlers

• Travelers

• Journeymen

What's the name for public land owned by the government where settlers could live?

• Homestead

• Free land

• Open plot

• Acre

What were some things the Homestead Act let people do?

• Buy a house

• Sell the land for profit in 10 years

• Apply for a homestead after paying a small fee

• Own the land after living there for 5 years

Since there wasn't much water in the Great Plains, farmers had to plant seeds deep in the ground. What was this called?

• Deep farming

• Earth farming

• Dry farming

• Wet farming

What animal did Plains Indians usually hunt?

• Wild horse

• Deer

• Bear

• Buffalo

What was the main reason for the Dakota Sioux Uprising?

• Didn't have good jobs

• Their children were taken away

• Many Indians got sick

• Not enough food and money from the government

What was the main purpose of the Indian Peace Commission?

• Create two reservations for Indian tribes on the Great Plains

• Move Indian tribes off their reservations

• Give the Indians land that was taken from them

• Have a peace treaty between the government and Indians

What were some problems with the Indian Peace Commission?

• Not enough food for the Indians

• Indians often became violent on reservations

• Indian leaders didn't want to move their people to the reservations

• Not enough land for the Indians

What are two reasons many buffalo were killed in the West?

• Farmers killed them

• Professional hunters killed them

• Indians killed them

• Railroad companies killed them

What general died in the Battle of Bighorn?

• General Lee

• General Sherman

• General Custer

• General Irving