Native American History Quiz

What was the central aspect of Native American life on the prairie?

• Farming and agriculture

• Horse and buffalo

• Fishing and boating

• Mining and trading

What was the plan for Native Americans under the assimilation policy?

• To continue their traditional way of life

• To give up their culture and adopt white culture

• To move to reservations

• To form their own government

What was the goal of the Dawes Act?

• To preserve Native American culture

• To assimilate Indians into American society

• To relocate Native Americans to Canada

• To provide financial aid to Native Americans

What type of cattle did Texans have tens of thousands of?

• Longhorns

• Jerseys

• Holsteins

• Herefords

Where did cattle drives begin and end?

• Texas to Kansas/Missouri

• California to Nevada

• Florida to Georgia

• New York to Pennsylvania

What was one of the effects of the completion of the transcontinental railroad?

• More people moved to plains; towns/cities were born

• Decrease in population in cities

• Increase in the number of railroads

• Decline in agricultural activities

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to

• 1. promote cultural assimilation of American Indians 

• 1.  turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland

• end warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military

• 1. promote American Indian investment in private industry

Who were the exodusters?

• . European immigrants who settled on the Great Plains

  
  

• Plains Indians forced onto reservations in the 1800s

•  former slaves from the South who settled on the Great Plains

  
  

•  cowboys who worked long drives in the summer and odd jobs in the winter

  
  

Which of the following was most responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open western frontier?

•  the railroad

  
  

•  barbed wire

  
  

• sheep ranching

  
  

• bonanza farming

  
  

The Dawes Act was designed to benefit

• Native Americans

• white settlers

• both Native Americans and white settlers.

•  neither Native Americans nor white settlers.