Unit 7 Review US History - Herrion

The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..

• established ranching towns for cattle drivers.

• offered free land to those willing to farm it.

• offered land to gold prospectors.

• promised protection from Native Americans.

Colonel George Armstrong Custer is best known for his..

• support of the rights of Native Americans.

• disastrous loss in Battle of the Little Bighorn.

• defeat of the Sioux and Cheyenne in the Indian Wars.

• unsuccessful bid for the presidency.

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

• Cotton

• Deer

• Buffalo

• Gold

One of the primary purposes of the Dawes Act was to..

• turn Native Americans into farmers.

• rebuild the Native American nations.

• restore the tribal ownership of land.

• encourage the Native American population to increase.

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

• farm cooperative

• sooner

• Chisholm Trail

• reservation

Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system and the need for cowboys?

• The use of sod for houses

• The invention of barbed wire

• The development of railroads

• The disappearance of big mining companies

What act divided up Indian reservations into plots of land to be given to the Indian families?

• Hayes Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Bland-Allison Act

• Dawes Act

Which was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians?

• Wounded Knee

• The Little Bighorn

• Bull Run

• Falling Timbers

How did the Transcontinental Railroad change life for people in the United States?

• It allowed the US government to claim more land from Mexico

• It made it possible to ship goods from the North to the South

• It made settlers more likely to travel by wagon to the West

• It became much easier to travel from the East to the West

As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?

• They agreed to give up their land.

• They were given their choice of where to live.

• They were forced to live in reservations.

• They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.