Social Studies Quiz Wild West

What is the name of the Colonel who led US forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• Andrew Johnson
• George Armstrong Custer

The government tried to make Indians live more like white people by passing the...

• Indian Citizenship Act
• Dawes Act

• Indian Appropriations Act
• Trail of Tears Act

What is the name of the area of land set aside by the US government for Native Americans to live?

• native zone
• reservation land
• territory
• reservation

"Sooners" slipped across the boarders and claimed land before there were allowed during the...

• Texas Oil Boom of 1901
• Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889
• California Gold Rush of 1849
• Alaska Gold Rush of 1896

Sioux chief who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn is named...

• Flying Hawk
• Running Bear
• Jumping Deer
• Crazy Horse

People who raced to claim land in Oklahoma by pushing stakes into ground and setting up hasty tents were called Boomers.

• TRUE

• FALSE, they were called "Sooners"

Nez Perce leader who traveled to Washington D.C. and spoke with the President Hayes about his people is called...

• Chief Joseph
• Chief Sitting Bull
• Chief Crazy Horse
• Chief Red Cloud

The Homestead Act allowed settlers to own 160 acres if they built a house, lived, and improved the land over a period of 5 years.

• TRUE

• FALSE, it is over a period of 4 years

The last major battle between American Indians and white men was the Battle of Wounded Knee

• TRUE

• FALSE, It was the Oklahoma Land Rush

During the 1800's the BUFFALO population INCREASED

• TRUE

• FALSE, the population DECREASED