TOPIC 3 TEST CHALLENGES IN THE LATE 1800s (1865-1900)

What was the purpose of the Fort Laramie Treaty with the Sioux?

• to prevent further battles with the Sioux

• to collect taxes from the Sioux

• to build a road in Sioux land to gold-mining areas

• to obtain complete government control over the Sioux

One effect of the pressure on Native Americans to assimilate into white culture was

• that Native Americans bought up arable land in the West, causing a shortage of land.

• that most Native Americans left reservations to find work in factories in cities.

• that Native Americans lost many traditional practices.

• that Native Americans were not allowed to return to their ancestral lands.

How did reformers hope the Dawes Act would encourage assimilation of Native Americans?

• The Dawes Act forbade Native Americans from speaking their tribal languages and created schools to teach English to Native American children.

• The Dawes Act ended tribal landholding and encouraged economic assimilation by making Native Americans private land owners.

• The Dawes Act gave each Native American family a land grant that allowed them to leave the economic isolation of the reservation.

• The Dawes Act established programs to help Native Americans learn about the dress and customs of white American society.

What caused changes in the demographic patterns of Native Americans?

• the transcontinental railroad

• the destruction of buffalo herds

• the forced migration to reservations

• the promises in treaties that were not kept

Which of the following Native American leaders attempted to avoid forced relocation by leading many of his tribe to Canada?

• Chief Joseph

• Crazy Horse

• Red Cloud

• Sitting Bull

What factor negatively affected open range cattle ranching?

• The price of beef dropped due to oversupply.

• The number of cowboys dropped due to low pay.

• Heavy rains and flooding wiped out many major ranches

• Attacks by Native Americans made open range ranching too risky.

The Great Northern Railway was more successful than the Northern Pacific Railroad due to

• government funding.

• immigrant labor.

• low fares.

• transportation of goods.

Which invention was used primarily in the cattle industry?

• barbed wire

• grain drill

• plow

• windmill

How did the Homestead Act contribute to the expansion of western settlement?

• by establishing agricultural colleges to develop better ways to farm

• by granting farm plots to people willing to live on the land for five years

• by granting white settlers ownership of Mexican American land

• by encouraging more white migration by prohibiting Chinese immigrants

How did Chinese immigrants contribute to the opening of the West?

• by working mostly as cowboys on the open range

• by helping to build the Transcontinental railroads

• by lobbying for passage of the Homestead Act

• by introducing improved agricultural technology