USII SOL 4a

After the Gold Rush of 1849, people dreamed of a faster, cheaper, and safer way to travel west.  What new technology of the 1800s made this dream a reality?

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Pony Express

• Wagon Trains

• Stagecoach

Which immigrants were used as workers on the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Siamese and French

• Japanese and Norwegian

• Chinese and Irish

• Korean and Russian

Which was most likely the biggest problem faced by American Indians on reservations?

• Reservations were separated by railroad tracks

• Reservations were located on dry wastelands that were unwanted by settlers

• Reservations were built close to towns and cities

• Reservations were far from the places where other tribes were located.

Which event marked the end of the conflicts with American Indians?

• Battle of Wounded Knee

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Chivinigton Massacre

• Plight of the Nez Perce

Why was the technological advance pictured so important after the Civil War?

• It was the only way to get to the westward expansion territories

• It was less costly to travel this way

• It was safer from Indian attacks than other transportation

• It could carry people and goods where canals and rivers could not

General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry were defeated at the - 

• Battle of Wabash

• Battle of Fallen Timbers

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Battle of Wounded Knee

What result of the Indian Wars forever changed life for the American Indians?

• Settlement Houses

• The Reservation System

• Communes

• Slavery

What most likely attracted the people in this picture to this place?

• Freedom from Indian attacks

• Free land offered by the Homestead Act of 1862

• JOBS!

• Freedom from slavery

What was the main purpose for the development of the reservation system for American Indians in the United States?

• American Indians wanted to live apart from the settlers who claimed their land

• American Indian victories forced the US to give them full ownership of Native American lands

• Americans wanted to stop American Indians from interfering with white settlers in western lands

• Americans wanted to invite American Indians into white society and culture

What is the process in which a group makes changes or modifications to become part of the mainstream American culture?

• Nativism

• Acceptance

• Conversion

• Assimilation