15 Q Settling the West

Which of the following represents an action that the U.S. government took to help Americans fulfill the goal of western expansion?

• the passage of the Homestead Act

• the official creation of the philosophy of Manifest Destiny

• the development of stricter immigration policies

• the introduction of new irrigation techniques

Which of the following groups was not impacted by the invention of barbed wire?

• miners

• ranchers

• cowboys

• farmers

The American cowboy owes much of its model to what other culture?

Which of the following was not a primary method by which the American government dealt with American Indians during the period of western settlement?

• appeasement

• relocation

• extermination

• assimilation

Under the terms of what legislation might this Nebraska family have received their land?

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Morrill Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

In 1865, there had been at least 15 million buffalo. Thanks to scenes like these, by 1875 the number of buffalo had been reduced to less than 100,000.

• less than 1000.

• less than 10,000.

• less than 100,000.

• less than 1 million

The man in this picture famously made his last stand at

• Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee

• Sand Creek

• Promontory Point

Sitting Bull, pictured here, was one of the two great Sioux leaders of his time. The other was

• Crazy Horse

• Cochise

• Chief Joseph

• Geronimo

The Native American in this picture tried to escape American troops by leading the Nez Percé tribe into Canada. When captured at the border, he lamented, "My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun stands, I will fight no more forever." Who is he?

• Chief Joseph

• Cochise

• Geronimo

• Little Crow

This is a Sioux Camp on the Pine Ridge agency in South Dakota. What legislation by Congress tried to break up the remaining Native American reservations into individually-owned tracts?

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act