The American West Quiz

Why was the extinction or preservation of the bision or buffalo so important in the West?

What did Native American boarding schools do and why was it damaging?

Why was the Homestead Act important to the West?

How did railroads change the West?

What was NOT a stereotype of the West?

• They all wore cowboy hats

• It was civilized

• All cowboys were white Americans

• There was duels all the time

True or False: Cowboys came from all backgrounds, races, and ethnicities.

• True

• False

Who mainly went into battle with Native Americans?

• The U.S. government

• Settlers moving west

• Cowboys

• Mexican Americans

What was NOT a reason why it was hard to farm in the West?

• Farming didn't give a lot of money for the crops

• It was dry

• The government didn't give any land to farmers/settlers

• Hard/tough land

Who won the battle of Little Bighorn?

• Mexican Americans

• General Custer

• The U.S. goverement

• Native Americans under the leaders of Crazy horse and Sitting Bull

How did Native American land in the West shrink over time?

• There was better farmland else were

• Settlers moving and their land being sold

• They just left many campsites

• Wars with each other