Gilded Age Quiz

Who of the following labeled the last three decades of the nineteenth century as the Gilded Age?

• Herman Melville

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Samuel Clemens

• Washington Irving

This battle was the last major battle victory secured by the Sioux Indians over the U.S. Army:

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Little Big Horn

• Battle of Wounded Knee

• Battle of Horseshoe Bend

Who of the following was Chief of the Nez Perce Indians?

• Chief Joseph

• Sitting Bull

• Geronimo

• Crazy Horse

What was the goal of the Dawes Severalty Act?

• Forced removal of Native Americans

• To place all Indians on a reservation

• Forced assimilation of Native Americans

• All of the above

During the 19th century the majority of reservations for Native Americans were placed in which region?

• Great Plains

• Rocky Mountains

• Central Plains

• Great Basin

The chief of the Apache Indians was:

• Sitting Bull

• Chief Joseph

• Crazy Horse

• Geronimo

The last major gold rush in the American West was the:

• California Gold Rush

• Comstock Lode

• Silverton and Durango Gold Rush

• Klondike Gold Rush

The U.S. Army officer most responsible for the disaster at Little Big Horn was:

• George A. Custer

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• Winfield Scott

Which of the following was NOT a major city in the American West by 1870?

• San Francisco

• Los Angeles

• Seattle

• Denver

Who of the following authored an important paper on the importance of the frontier on American History?

• Samuel Clemens

• Charles Dudley Warner

• Frederick Jackson Turner

• Richard Morris Hunt