Indigenous People on a Closing Frontier Quiz KEY

The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 encouraged American Indians to...

• live freely on unoccupied lands.

• divide their land into 160-acre plots.

• sell unoccupied lands.

• live confined on reservations.

Which of the following statements is true?

• The Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 allowed white settlers to claim tribal lands as homesteaders.

• The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations.

• The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 allowed white settlers to claim tribal lands as homesteaders.

• The Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations.

To promote assimilation, American Indian children were...

• encouraged to speak their native language.

• forbidden to speak their native language.

• encouraged to learn many languages.

• forbidden to learn English.

Which of these events first allowed many more settlers to move west?

• the completion of the transcontinental railroad.

• the passing of the Indian Appropriations Act.

• the defeat of American Indians at the battle at Wounded Knee.

• the institution of the reservation system.

Which of the following best describes the reasons why the Dawes Act was passed?

• The Dawes Act was passed to make American Indians property owners and to open up more land for white settlers.

• The Dawes Act was passed to open up more land for American Indians and to provide protection from white settlers.

• The Dawes Act was passed to take land away from American Indians and to move them to reservations.

• The Dawes Act was passed to give American Indian families farmland and to end homesteading by white settlers.

Which of the following describes an effect of the allotment system?

• American Indians lost their land.

• American Indians gained some land.

• American Indians competed with settlers for land.

• American Indians farmed with settlers.

Which statement best describes the impact of the discovery of gold on American Indian territory in the 1850s and 1870s?

• War broke out among American Indian groups when warring chiefs signed new treaties with the government.

• War broke out when white settlers pressured the government to take the land from American Indians.

• War broke out among American Indian groups when some groups sold their land to the government.

• War broke out when white settlers tried to buy land from warring American Indian groups.

Which of the following best explains why the Battle of Little Bighorn is sometimes referred to as “Custer’s Last Stand”?

• The Battle of Little Bighorn resulted in the death of General Custer and all two hundred of his troops.

• The Battle of Little Bighorn was General Custer’s last battle before he retired from the military.

• The Battle of Little Bighorn was the last conflict the US military engaged in with the Sioux Indians.

• The Battle of Little Bighorn was the final conflict in the American Indian Wars of the late 1800s.

What was true of American Indian tribes under the Indian Appropriations Act?

• The United States government agreed to sign treaties with all tribes.

• Tribes were no longer considered to be independent nations.

• Tribe members were no longer wards of the government.

• The United States government helped tribes keep their cultural identity.

As white settlement increased, the government began to set aside land called ______ for American Indian groups.

• reservations

• homesteads

• plains

• tribes