sweet sixteen

What was a major reason farmers did NOT settle the Great Plans before

1860?

• They had enough good land in the East.

• They had no way to stop cattle ranchers from using the Great Plains for grazing.

• They did not know how to cope with the absence of water and trees.

• Farm families were too small to provide enough labor to plant and harvest crops on the plains.

The Federal government resolved the problem of discrimination against the Chinese in 19th Century California by

• barring Chinese immigration to the United States.

• passing a Civil Rights Law.

• establishing a quota limiting Chinese immigration to 10,000 a year

• potlasing the Workingmans Party.

The two factors that did the most to stimulate rapid western settlement

were

• the Homestead Act and transcontinental railroad.

• the removal of the buffalo and Native Americans.

• the gold rushes and the rise of the great cottie kingdom

• the removal of Native Americans and the gold rushes

The Homestead Act provided

• that Natives should henceforth own their lands as individuals rather than

  collectively as a tribe.

• 160 acres of free land within the public domain to any head of household who would settle on it and improve it over a period of five years.

• large amounts of federal government land to cattle ranchers who were

  contracted to provide beef for the Union army.

• 40 acres of land to each former slave man 21 years of age or older.

The federal govemment's indian policy between 1876 and 1900 was characterized by

• an attempt to compensate the Natives for past mistreatment.

• a concern for the preservation of a tribal lifestyle among the Natives

• a movement to encourage the Natives to learn the ways of white society.

• a program to protect and maintain herd of buffale on the plains

The purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was to

• weaken tribes, allot land to individual Native families, and promote assimilation.

• geographically disperse reservations so it would be more difficult for Native warriots to unite.

• increase tribal loyalty by allowing tribal councils to act autonomously on the reservations.

• restore economic viability to the nomadic way of Plains Natives by revitalizing

  the bison herds.

Which of the following statements does NOT characterize the Wounded

Knee massacre?

• The incident had its roots in white settlers' fears of the Ghost Dance religious

  cult.

• This battle marked the end of the Indian Wars on the Great Plains.

• Yellow Bird incited the Sioux to attack U.S. soldiers.

• Almost all of the Natives in the encampment were massacred, including

  women and children.

Helen Hunt Jackson's book, "A Century of Dishonor, recounted

• American imperialism and its effects on the middle class.

• discriminatory practices employed by the United States government against

  African Americans.

• the atrocities of the Spanish-American War.

• the long record of broken treaties and injustices against American Natives.

Henry Bessemer converters, invented in 1856, produced

• smelted copper.

• wrought iron

• steel

• refined aluminum

Henry Ford's main contribution to American industrialism was his

• invention of the internal combustion engine.

• introduction of structured management organization.

• investment in extensive research and development.

• use of the moving assembly line for mass production.