US History Chapter 17 and 18 Quiz

Reservation

• an enormous farm established by an investor who runs it for profit

• an area of land in the United States that is kept specifically for Native Americans to live on

Bonanza farm

• an enormous farm established by an investor who runs it for profit

• one of the thousands of African Americans who migrated to the midwestern plains from the post-Civil-War South to start a new life

Exoduster

• the process of moving a herd of cows and steers from one place to another

• one of the thousands of African Americans who migrated to the midwestern plains from the post-Civil-War South to start a new life

Cattle Drive

• the process of moving a herd of cows and steers from one place to another

• a system of mining in which pressurized water is used to remove topsoil and gravel, which are then processed to draw out precious metals

Americanization

• to teach Native Americans or immigrants the “civilized way of life”

• a system of mining in which individual miners find gold nuggets in riverbeds, usually by panning

Hydraulic Mining

• an enormous farm established by an investor who runs it for profit

• a system of mining in which pressurized water is used to remove topsoil and gravel, which are then processed to draw out precious metals

Stockyard

• an enormous outdoor corral in which animals are penned until they can be slaughtered

• a system of mining in which pressurized water is used to remove topsoil and gravel, which are then processed to draw out precious metals

Placer mining

• an area of land in the United States that is kept specifically for Native Americans to live on

• a system of mining in which individual miners find gold nuggets in riverbeds, usually by panning

What was the aim of U.S. government policies toward Native Americans in the late 1800s?

• The goal was to lead the Native Americans to assimilate into the white way of life.

• To support Native Americans and their nomadic lifestyle and cultural traditions.

What groups of people could take advantage of the Homestead Act?

• Only the wealthiest American citizens

• American citizens, widows, divorced women, those planning to become citizens, African Americans