Live Unit 5 Formative Quiz #2 (Labor Unions & Native Americans)

Which of the following was used to fight to improve rights for workers?

• Labor Unions

• Monopolies

• The Electric light

• Trust Companies

Samuel Gompers founded this labor union in the late nineteenth century, attempting to organize skilled workers to resist abuses by management.

• The Knights of Labor

• The National Labor Union

• The American Federation of Labor

• The Congress of Industrial Organizations

What was the primary method used by labor unions?

• Quitting

• Riots

• Strikes

• Passing bills in congress

Which of the following contributed MOST to the forced removal of Native Americans from the Great Plains from 1867 to 1890?

• the desire to establish military posts

• the building of new canals

• the westward shift of the frontier

• the desire for more land to grow cotton

Which animal supported life the MOST for Native Americans in the Great Plains?

• Horse

• Dogs

• Buffalo

• Cats

General Custer was ambushed by Sitting Bull and the plans Indians during what battle?

• Wounded Knee

• Ellis island

• Little big horn

• Crazy horse

What did the Native Americans think would happen if they performed the Ghost Dance?

• Bring back the buffalo and their land.

• Provide new land and new food.

• Bring rain

• Bring more white people to the west.

Which group lost the most from the building of the railroads?

• Settlers
• Western citizens
• The government
• Native Americans

How did the growth of the western population and innovations in farming and ranching impact Plains

Indians? (SSUSH12b)

• Native American were forced off their

  land and onto reservations

• Native Americans lead several successful

  court cases that allowed them to stay on

  their land

• Native Americans gladly assimilated into the

  western population

• Native Americans developed farmers

  unions to protect their cattle

Which battle ended the Plains Indians’ long conflict against settlers moving to the Great Plains?

(SSUSH12c)

• Battle of Gettysburg

• King Philip’s War

• Bacon’s Rebellion

• Battle of Wounded Knee