WorksheetsPlains Indians
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Act that gave settlers 160 acres of land to farm for five years
a)
Dawes Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman Act
d)
Sedition Act
2.
Which of the following inventions was most instrumental in depleting the buffalo population?
a)
Steel Plow
b)
Mechanical Reaper
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Hydraulic Pump
3.
Book written by Helen Hunt Jackson that criticized US treatment of Native Americans
a)
Century of Dishonor
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Silent Spring
d)
Impending Crisis of the South
4.
A person who moves from place to place in search of food
a)
Nomad
b)
Polytheistic
c)
Communual
d)
Agrarian
5.
The belief in many gods
a)
monotheistic
b)
polygamist
c)
polytheistic
d)
pious
6.
Land set aside for just Native Americans
a)
Reservation
b)
Commune
c)
Nomadic
d)
Preservation
7.
Defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
George Custer
d)
William Sherman
8.
Leader of the Sioux Indians during the Ghost Dance movement
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
Red Cloud
d)
Chief Joseph
9.
Leader of the Nez Perce who said, "I will fight no more forever."
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
Red Cloud
d)
Chief Joseph
10.
Forcing a group of people to give up their way of life and become more like the majority
a)
Transformation
b)
Transcendentalism
c)
Assimilation
d)
Conservation
11.
Government act that divided reservations into 160-plots to be distributed to Native Americans
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Sherman Act
d)
Indian Removal Act
12.
Author of the book, A Century of Dishonor
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Rachel Carson
c)
Hinton Rowan Helper
d)
Helen Hunt Jackson
13.
Which of the following was not a common characteristic of the Plains Indians?
a)
Polytheistic
b)
Communal Land Ownership
c)
Sedentary
d)
Buffalo Hunters
14.
What two immigrant groups built the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Chinese and Scotish
b)
Chinese and Irish
c)
Irish and German
d)
Japanese and Irish
15.
What did the book, A Century of Dishonor, say the US government policy should be?
a)
Forced Removal
b)
Ethnic Cleansing
c)
Assimilation
d)
Preservation
16.
What was the last event of the Indian Wars?
a)
Dakatoa Uprising
b)
Sand Creek Massacre
c)
Little Bighorn
d)
Wounded Knee
17.
In what year was gold discovered in California?
a)
1849
b)
1862
c)
1876
d)
1877
18.
Which of the following was NOT a type of Native American assimilation?
a)
Name changes
b)
Land ownership
c)
English
d)
Polytheism
19.
Which was NOT a way that westward movement and settlement impact Native Americans?
a)
Destroyed the buffalo
b)
Placed Native Americans on reservations
c)
Began to assimilate to white culture
d)
Gained more land through treaties
20.
What event led to the largest mass execution by the US government in America's history?
a)
Little Bighorn
b)
Wounded Knee
c)
Dakota Uprising
d)
Nez Perce Battles
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