Quiz 14.1-2

What did the Morrill Land-Grant Act and the Homestead Act have in common?

• They provided ways for settlers to acquire western lands
• They forced Native Americans onto reservations
• They discriminated against African American families
• They enabled railroad companies to develop the land near their tracks

Which statement best describes the lifestyle of homesteaders?

• Homesteaders lived in isolation and avoided social contact
• Most women worked outside their homestead
• Homesteaders lived simple and secure lives
• Homesteaders often had to struggle even for the necessities

Many agreements between Native Americans and the federal government fell apart because

• Native Americans and settlers had differing concepts of land ownership
• Native Americans wanted to work as tenant farmers or sharecroppers
• Many settlers objected to the reservation system
• Most of the treaties were never signed

What happened at the Massacre at Wounded Knee?

• American soldiers killed more than 200 unarmed Sioux
• General Custer's cavalry was completely wiped out
• The Nez Perce fought for possession of their homeland
• The last buffalo of the Great Plains were killed

Which of the following did not sell land to settlers

• bankers
• "land-grant" colleges
• railroads
• land speculators

As American settlers moved west in search of land, many Native Americans nations

• formed the Indian Territory
• settled in farming villages
• were weakened or destroyed
• settled east of the Mississippi

An "Indian rights" movement grew out of outrage over

• government treatment of Native Americans
• Native Americans misuse of the land
• establishment of Christian schools on reservations
• passage of the Dawes Act

Many white reformers believed that Native Americans should

• give land to settlers
• sign treaties with the federal government
• live on reservations
• be "civilized" and adopt white culture

What was one key requirements that applicants had to meet to receive land under the Homestead Act?

• live on the land all year long
• farm the land all year long
• file a claim with a bank
• wheel portable cabins from plot to plot

What were the exodusters trying to escape from?

• unfair land taxes
• Confederate prisons
• racial violence
• the eight-hour day