The West

What famous general was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

• Crazy Horse

• George Custer

• Phil Sheridan

• Sitting Bull

Act that gave settlers 160 acres of land to farm for five years

• Dawes Act
• Homestead Act
• Sherman Act
• Sedition Act

What battle between the US Army and the Sioux Nation began over the Ghost Dance ritual and is seen by history as the final battle in the Indian Wars?

• The Battle of Sand Creek

• The Battle of Little Bighorn

• The Battle of Wounded Knee

• The Battle of the Ghost Dance

What law passed by Congress forced Native Americans onto reservations, required them to assimilate, and split reservations into farm plots?

• The Dawes Act

• The Ghost Dance Act

• The Dishonor Act

• The Reservation Act

What was the true purpose of the Native American Boarding Schools?

• The teach Native Americans how to farm and work in a factory
• To assimilate Native Americans

• To  give willing Native Americans a chance to learn English
• To teach Native Americans how to preserve their cultural heritage

What act hired the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railways to extend railways across the United States?

• The Dawes Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Pacific Railway Act

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

Who is an Apache leader who evaded the army for many years with daring stunts. He gave up in 1886 and became the last Native American to surrender formally to the US government?

• Crazy Horse

• Chief Joseph

• Standing Calf

• Chief Geronimo

What tribe was slaughtered at the Sand Creek Massacre?

• Cheyenne

• Sioux

• Cherokee

• Apache

What was the main food source for tribes of the Great Plains?

• Corn

• Deer

• Squash

• Buffalo

Which of the following describes the Great Plains region?

• Forests

• Coastal beaches

• Grasslands

• Desert