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WorksheetsGilded Age - West and American Indian
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When was the Gilded Age?
a)
1870-1900
b)
1820-1860
c)
1900-1920
d)
1865-1877
2.
What was the primary source of food for the Plains Indians?
a)
Buffalo
b)
Deer
c)
Corn
d)
Salmon
3.
Which law granted 160 acres of land to any male head of household willing to move West?
a)
The Interstate Commerce Act
b)
The Pendleton Act
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
The Dawes Act
4.
What transportation innovation lead to increased Western Expansion?
a)
the steamship
b)
the wagon trail
c)
the airplane
d)
the Transcontinental Railroad
5.
Under this policy in 1887, the Government gave Native Americans land in order to farm land, just like European farmers.
a)
Dawes Act
b)
Ghost Dance
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Homestead Act
6.
General Custer lead what military battle with the Native Americans?
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Battle of Little Bighorn
c)
Black Hills War
d)
The Sioux Battle
7.
Cowboys drove their cattle from Texas to ___________ in the North.
a)
Railroad towns
b)
Slaughter Houses
c)
Greenlee's mom's house
d)
Chicago
8.
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.
a)
World War I
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Gilded age
d)
Roaring Twenties
9.
Who were Exodusters?
a)
American Indians demanding return of tribal lands
b)
Eastern Europeans immigrating to US after WWI
c)
African Americans leaving South after Civil War
d)
Colonial Americans forming local militias during Revolution
10.
Use of barbed wire most associated with which outcome?
a)
Completion of Union Pacific Railroad
b)
End of open range and frontier
c)
Increased prospecting and mining activity
d)
Increased demand for and production of steel
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