Westward Expansion

What was the immediate result of the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• United States won with a huge victory

• Custer and his men were killed

• Native Americans fled the battle

• An entire Native American tribe was destroyed

Inventions and adaptations such as _____________________ helped settlers grow crops on the Great Plains.

• Barbed wire and sharecropping

• Sod houses and water conservation

• Steel plows and dry farming

• Railroads and crop rotation

Why did westward settlers build their houses out of sod?

• They could not afford the materials to build their houses

• They could not afford wood products

• Normal construction material, such as trees, were not available

• They did not get upset if their houses were destroyed

What Massacre ended with around 250 Sioux Indians dead?

• Sitting Bull

• Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee

• Winding Creek

Which invention/adaptation was the main source of supplies for settlers on the Great Plains?

• Steel Plows

• Sod Houses

• Barbed Wire

• Railroads

What did the United States continually break with the American Indians?

• Treaties

• Reservations

• Ties

• All of the Above

Who led the United States at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• Robert E. Lee

• Darden Freeman

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Custer

Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• United States

• Lakota Sioux

Which Native American leader became known for his escapes from capture?

• Geronimo

• Chief Joseph

• Crazy Horse

• Sitting Bull

The __________ Act allowed many to own land who otherwise would not have been able to afford land of their own.

• Dawes

• Lincoln

• Homestead

• Hayes