2.1-2.2 Review Quiz

This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes...

• The American Indian Citizenship Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Dawes Act

• The Meat Inspection Act

How did the arrival of settlers change the Great Plains?

• Shift from hunting to farming

• Increase of the white settlers in the West

• Expansion of railroads and the rise of new towns

• All of the Above

Which of the following connected the Eastern US to the Western US?

• Erie Canal

• Mississippi River

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Gulf of Mexico

What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?

• to bring an end to cattle drives
• to encourage settlement on the Great Plains
• to build the Transcontinental Railroad
• to provide a market for steel plows

The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group

• cultural diffusion

• amalgamation

• assimilation

• cultural absorption

Which of these did the Homestead Act do?

• Allowed settlers to build two-story homes

• Allowed settlers to settle into Florida

• Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free

What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?

• Homestead Act
• Morril Act
• Dawes Act
• Reconstruction Act

As settlers moved onto the Great Plains in the 1800s, they needed to build shelters. One way that many settlers met this need was by building sod houses. Why did many settlers build houses made out of sod?

• Sod houses would typically last longer than houses made out of other materials.
• Sod houses cost little to build because sod was widely available.
• Sod houses were more fashionable than other types of buildings
• Sod houses were better suited for cold weather than other buildings.

The Dawes Act...

• Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
• divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
• provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
• established the route for the Transcontinental railroad

Railroads, Windmills, Steel Plows and Barbed Wire can best be described as what?

• Native American Technology
• Items Used to Settle the Appalachian Mountains
• Life on the Great Plains
• Inventions and Adaptations Used to Settle the Great Plains