Chapter 13 Review Quizizz, 2020 Curriculum

Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?

• White settlers wanted the land on the Plains

• NativeAmericans refused to remain on the Plains

• Native American population decreased and needed less land

• The Plains failed to meet the needs of the Native American peoples

Which was NOT central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians?

• the horse

• the buffalo

• the extended family

• land ownership

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The Dawes Act was designed to benefit

• Native Americans

• white settlers

• both Native Americans & white settlers

• neither

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The purpose of the Homestead Act was to

• prevent African Americans from settling the West

• settle Native Americans in farming communities

• make money for the government

• encourage white families to develop the West

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Demand for beef in the East contributed to

• the invention of the Cowboy's way of life

• the end of the long drives

• the development of the Chisholm Trail

• the decline of the railroads

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The Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act, and Morrill Land Grant Act all

• encouraged settlement of the West by the American government

• gave land in Kansas to African Americans willing to settle and farm it

• promoted slavery in new territories

• gave 160 acres of land to Native American families

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This discovery led settlers to move West in large numbers

• gold

• tobacco

• pemmican

• buffalo

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The Dawes Act is an example of

• accomodation

• approximation

• acclimation

• assimilation

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The Dawes Act and other actions of the United States government(s) encouraged Native Americans to adapt their lifestyle to be more like that of white Americans. This was known as:

• Assimilation

• Appropriation

• Cultural relativism

• Chauvinism

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The invention and use of barbed wire on the Great Plains:

• Made the role of cowboys obsolete, as cattle could be fenced in.

• Made the role of cowboys more important, as they were in demand to maintain fences

• Encouraged Native Americans to become ranchers

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