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WorksheetsUnit 9 HP Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The American officer in command at Sand Creek was:
a)
William Sherman
b)
George Custer
c)
John M Chivington
d)
James Forsyth
2.
Name one of the ways Indian Boarding Schools tried remove tribal identity from the children
a)
take white names
b)
Speak English
c)
Forced them to wear white clothing
d)
all are correct
3.
What institutions removed Native American children to Americanize them?
a)
Private colleges
b)
Indian Boarding Schools
c)
Indian Reform Schools
d)
Indian Religious Schools
4.
What was the process called that attacked Native beliefs, languages and customs
a)
Westernization
b)
Christianization
c)
Naturalization
d)
Americanization
5.
The gold rushes and cattle booms often led to boom towns that would contribute to the legendary "cowboy culture," this created a famous generation of
a)
homesteaders who would survive the Dust Bowl
b)
Lawmen and outlaws
c)
Former Native American Chiefs living in white society
6.
One of the methods used by the US Army to force the Plains tribes into surrender that resembles a total war tactic was their
a)
damning up streams
b)
using barbed wire around rail roads
c)
using the homestead act to send so many white settlers out west
d)
trying to eliminate the buffalo and remove a food supply
7.
As a result of the Dakota War, the state of Minnesota is still known to be the home of the
a)
the state to completely remove its Native population
b)
largest mass execution in US history
c)
the largest battle in the Indian Wars
d)
largest reservation following a conflict
8.
As a result of the Congressional investigation over the Sandcreek Massacre the following number of soldiers were punished
a)
only Col. Chivington
b)
the entire regiment
c)
no one
d)
only those who shot women or children
9.
During the land rushes, even this territory was opened up to white settlement
a)
Utah
Utah
Utah
b)
Sand Creek
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Wounded Knee
10.
What did white authorities believe the Ghost Dance was a sign of?
a)
The end of days
b)
Religious renewal amongst the tribe
c)
The return of the buffalo
d)
A sign of coming conflict
11.
The goal of the first Transcontinental Railroad was to connect California to this city, which would then link it to the networks across the eastern part of the nation
a)
Omaha
b)
Council Bluffs
c)
Denver
d)
Promontory Summit
12.
This act allowed individuals to claim 160 acres of land nearly for free as long as they built a home, farm and lived on it for 5 years
a)
the Homestead Act
b)
the Indian Removal Act
c)
the Dawes Act
d)
the Resettlement Act
13.
The development of this led to closing off the open ranges and keeping cattle drives off famers’ lands, but also to the fencing of ranches
a)
steel
b)
homesteaders
c)
cowboys
d)
barbed wire
14.
300 Sioux were massacred by the US Army after a scuffle broke out and gun accidentally discharged at
a)
Little Big Horn
b)
The last battle of the Dakota War
c)
Wounded Knee
d)
Sandy Creek
15.
This Apache leader led resistance movements in the Southwest from 1881-1886
a)
Little Crow
b)
Geronimo
c)
Sitting Bull
d)
Crazy Horse
16.
While building the Transcontinental Railroad, the Central Pacific got much of its labor force from:
a)
Chinese Immigrants
b)
Irish Immigrants
c)
African Americans
d)
Native Americans
17.
Which of the following helped drive Americans and new immigrants to settle the West in the decades following the Civil War
a)
Gold Rushes
b)
Land Rushes
c)
Cattle Boom
d)
All of them
18.
This act broke up reservation lands for individual ownership amongst tribal members
a)
The Homestead Act
b)
The Dawes Act
c)
the Indian Removal Act
d)
the Resettlement Act
19.
Who was responsible for the revival of the Ghost Dance and spreading word of his vision that the dead Native Americans and buffalo would return and the whites would leave?
a)
Chief Joseph
b)
Sitting Bull
c)
Geronimo
d)
Wovoka
20.
Which of the following tribes attempted to flee the US and nearly escaped into Canada
a)
the Nez Perce
b)
the Apache
c)
the Sioux
d)
the Cheyenne
21.
The chief of the Nez Perce tribe was
a)
Wovoka
b)
Chief Joseph
c)
Crazy Horse
d)
Black Elk
22.
True or False: The cattle boom helped drive Americans and new immigrants to stay away from the West in the decades following the Civil War
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Which Native American leader performed a sun dance and had a vision of a great victory before the Battle of Little Big Horn?
a)
Crazy Horse
b)
Black Elk
c)
Sitting Bull
d)
Little Crow
24.
Around 150 Cheyenne were massacred by the US Army at
a)
The last battle of the Dakota War
b)
Little Big Horn
c)
Wounded Knee
d)
Sandy Creek
25.
True or False: Gold Rushes helped drive Americans and new immigrants to settle the West in the decades following the Civil War
a)
False
b)
True
26.
The nomadic tribes of the Great Plains depended upon following the herds of
a)
Migrating White people
b)
Cattle
c)
Deer
d)
Buffalo
27.
Under the Dawes Act, who got the best lands?
a)
The tribal members
b)
The whites who bought the extra land from the government
c)
the US Army
28.
The massacre at Wounded Knee began over a revival of:
a)
Custer's Last Stand
b)
The Sun Dance
c)
The Ghost Dance
d)
the great buffalo hunts
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