Chapter 19 Review

Who was the leader of the Apaches who surrendered in 1886?

• Crazy Horse

• Chief Joseph

• Geronimo

• Sitting Bull

Which kinds of government financial aid and land grants paid for railroad construction?

• loans from boomtowns

• discounts

• gold subsidies

• subsidies

Who was the Civil War veteran defeated in battle at Little Bighorn?

• Helen Hunt Jackson

• William McKinley

• JM Chivington

• George Custer

Why did many Native Americans find life on the reservations difficult?

• They were under constant attack from ranchers and miners

• They were forced to live a new way of life on land that was often not fit for agriculture

• They did not speak the same languages as other tribes on the reservations

• They were unable to eat the foods given to them by the government

Who was elected president in 1896?

• Grover Cleveland

• William Jennings Bryan

• James B. Weaver

• William McKinley

The farmers of the Plains had to use ______ in order to produce crops.

• dry farming
• different types of crops

• plows

• all of the above

When "booms" were followed by "busts," what did boomtowns become?

• bust towns

• dead towns

• dusty towns

• ghost towns

The Comstock Lode was one of the world's richest deposits of ______.

• silver
• gold

• coal

• uranium

For most of their history, how did the Plains Native Americans meet their needs for food, clothing, shelter, and tools?

• farming

• fishing and mining

• hunting buffalo

• raising cattle and horses

Why was Wounded Knee significant?

• It marked the end of armed conflict between the U.S. government and Native Americans.

• It was a battle over mining rights in Montana.

• It showed that Native Americans could not be forced onto reservations.

• It was a terrible massacre of U.S. soldiers.