The West

The Homestead Act granted official title to 160 acre plots of land after how many years of settlement?

• One year

• Two years

• Five years

• Seven years

What economic opportunity drew the most migrants to the West?

• Railroad work

• Gold mining

• Military work as Indian fighters

• Access to land for agriculture

The Dakota Uprising of 1862 began with what event?

• Civil War Era reforms to western Indian policy

• The death of five white settlers at the hands of four young Santee men

• A Sioux ambush at Redwood Ferry

• Governor Alexander Ramsay’s new use of the militia to disarm Sioux hunters

How did President Lincoln respond to the Sioux Uprising?

• Attempted to commute the sentences of captured Indians in order to maintain peace

• Ordered the execution of 303 by hanging

• Demanded the surrender of Sioux territory in Minnesota

• Create a new alliance with Taoyateduta (known to Americans as Little Crow) in order to eliminate future conflicts

What did the United States demand from the Comanche leading to the Red River War?

• They had no demands. The official policy of the U.S. government was to call for the extinction of the Comanche

• The Comanche were instructed to worship the Christian God and renounce their traditional spiritual practices

• The United States demanded that the Comanche settle on government reservations

• The Red River War did not involve the Comanche

How was the transcontinental railroad funded?

• Wealthy private business owners

• Public stock offerings

• Grants and loans from the federal government

• Bonds soiled to foreign investors

What was the purpose of Western cattle drives?

• To avoid the cold of winter on the Great Plains and the heat of summer in Texas

• To bring cattle to eastern markets, mostly through railroad hubs

• To minimize the destruction of fields that resulted from over-grazing

• To avoid hostile Indian bands

Most practices and objects associated with American cowboys were modified from ranchers.

• Mexican

• Native American

• African

• British-Canadian

Which city served as the most important railroad hub, connecting the East and the West?

• St. Louis

• Chicago

• Cincinnati

• Memphis

Which group received more land from the government?

• Homesteading families

• Railroad companies

• Both received nearly equal an equal amount

• Neither group received land from the government