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Topic 3 Vocabulary Quizizz

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reservation

a)

Specific area set aside by the federal government for the Indian's use

b)

the action of reserving something.

c)

to adopt the culture and civilization of the dominant group in a society

d)

an organization of farmers who joined to learn about new farming techniques, to call for the regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates, and to prompt the establishment of the ICC

2.

Sand Creek Massacre

a)

1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of unarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians

b)

1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated U.S. troops led by Colonel George Custer

c)

1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and the Sioux that marked the end of Indian resistance in the Ghost Dance War

d)

1887 law that dived reservation land into private family plots

3.

Sitting Bull

a)

Sioux chief respected as a fighter and spiritual leader

b)

leader of the Nez Perces who surrendered after trying to lead a group if Indian refugees to Canada

c)

a Minnesota farmer and businessman who organized the Grange

d)

a legendary Cheyenne warrior

4.

Battle of the Little Big Horn

a)

1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated U.S. troops led by Colonel George Custer

b)

1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of unarmed Cheyened and Arapaho Indians

c)

1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and the Sioux that marked the end of Indian resistance in the Ghost Dance War

d)

specific area set aside by the federal government for the Indians' use

5.

Chief Joseph

a)

leader of the Nez Perces who surrednered after trying to lead a group of Indian refugees to Candada

b)

Sioux chief respected as a fighter and spiritual leader

c)

leader of the Cheyenne and a legendary warrior

d)

creator of the Populist Party

6.

Wounded Knee

a)

1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and the Sioux that marked the end of Indian resistance in the Ghost Dance War

b)

1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of unarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians

c)

1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated U.S. troops led by Colonel George Custer

d)

1887 law that divided reservation land into private family plots

7.

Assimilate

a)

To adopt the culture and civilization of the dominant group in a society

b)

specific area set aside by the federal government for the Indian's use

c)

self-appointed law enforcer

d)

system in which ranters did not fence in their property , allowing cattle to roam and graze freely

8.

Dawes General Allotment Act

a)

1887 law that divided reservatioin land into private family plots

b)

1862 law in which the government offered farm plots of 160 acress to anyone willing to live on the land for five years, dig a well, and build a road

c)

a law passed in 1883 that established a Civil Service Commission which wrote a civil service exam

d)

a political party formed in 1892 on a platform of silver coinage, government ownership of the railroads, and fighting the corrupt and unresponsive elite

9.

Specific area set aside by the federal government for the Indian's use

a)

Reservation

b)

Assimilate

c)

Spoils System

d)

Open Range System

10.

1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of unarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians

a)

Sand Creek Massacre

b)

Red River War

c)

Battle of the Little Big Horn

d)

Wounded Knee

11.

Sioux chief respected as a fighter and spiritual leader

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

Chief Joseph

d)

Red Cloud

12.

1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated U.S. troops led by Colonel George Custer

a)

Battle of the Little Big Horn

b)

Wounded Knee

c)

Sand Creek Massacre

d)

Red River War

13.

leader of the Nez Perces who surrednered after trying to lead a group of Indian refugees to Candada

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Crazy Horse

d)

Red Cloud

14.

1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and the Sioux that marked the end of Indian resistance in the Ghost Dance Wa

a)

Wounded Knee

b)

Sand Creek Massacre

c)

Battle of the Little Big Horn

d)

Red River War

15.

To adopt the culture and civilization of the dominant group in a society

a)

Assimilate

b)

Sell out

c)

Vigilante

d)

Reservation

16.

1887 law that divided reservatioin land into private family plots

a)

General Allotment Act

b)

Open Range System

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Pendleton Civil Service Act

17.

Vigilante

a)

Self-appointed law enforcer

b)

African-Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War

c)

a group of Mexican Americans living in New Mexico who attempted to protect their land and way of life from encroachment by white landowners

d)

a political party formed in 1892 on a platform of silver coinage, government ownership of the railroads, and fighting the corrupt and unresponsive elite

18.

Transcontinental Railroad

a)

rail link between the eastern and western United States

b)

rail link between the northern and southern United States

c)

rail link between Canada and Mexico

d)

rail link between the North American and South American continents

19.

Land Grant

a)

Land given by the federal government for the building of railroads

b)

a specific area of land set aside by the federal government for the Indians' use

c)

1862 law in which the government offered farm plots of 160 acres to anyone willing to live on the land for fiver years, dig a well, and build a road

d)

an organization of farmers who joined to learn about new farming techniques, call for regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates, and prompt the establishment of the ICC

20.

Open Range System

a)

System in which ranchers did not fence in their property, allowing cattle to roam and graze freely

b)

land given openly by the federal government for the building of railroads

c)

a system that included federal jobs in the executive branch

d)

adopting the culture and civilization of the dominant group in a society

21.

Homestead Act

a)

An 1862 law in which the government offered farm plots of 160 acres to anyone willing to live on the land for five years, dig a well, and build a road

b)

1887 law that divided Indian reservation land into private family plots

c)

a 1861 law that gave supplies for building log homes to settlers in the Plains

d)

A system in which ranchers did not fence in their property, allowing cattle to roam freely

22.

Exodusters

a)

African Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War

b)

Asian Americans who migrated to California during the Gold Rush

c)

an unskilled laborer that worked clearing dirt and rocks from blasted mountains to make way for a railroad

d)

a group of Mexican Americans living in New Mexico who attempted to protect their land and way of life from encroachment by white landowners

23.

Las Gorras Blancas

a)

A group of Mexican Americans living in New Mexico who attempted to protect their land and way of life from encroachment by white landowners

b)

a political party formed in 1892 on a platform of silver coinage, government ownership of railroads, and fighting the corrupt and unresponsive elite

c)

an organization of Mexican farmers who joined to learn about new farming techniques

d)

Sioux chief respected as a fighter and spiritual leader

24.

Self-appointed law enforcer

a)

Vigilante

b)

Exodusters

c)

Chief Joseph

d)

Grange

25.

rail link between the eastern and western United States

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

American National Railroad

c)

Union Pacific Railroad

d)

Central Pacific Railroad

26.

Land given by the federal government for the building of railroads

a)

Land Grant

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Dawes General Allotment Act

d)

Reservation

27.

System in which ranchers did not fence in their property, allowing cattle to roam and graze freely

a)

Open Range System

b)

Reservations

c)

Free Grazing System

d)

Exodusting

28.

An 1862 law in which the government offered farm plots of 160 acres to anyone willing to live on the land for five years, dig a well, and build a road

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Land Grant

c)

Dawes General Allotment Act

d)

New Farmers Act

29.

A group of Mexican Americans living in New Mexico who attempted to protect their land and way of life from encroachment by white landowners

a)

Las Gorras Blancas

b)

The White Caps

c)

Exodusters

d)

Homesteaders

30.

Spoils system

a)

a system in which politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers with little regard for their qualifications

b)

system in which ranchers did not fence in their property, allowing cattle to roam and graze freely.

c)

to adopt the culture and civilization of the dominant group in a society.

d)

self-appointed law enforcer

31.

Civil service

a)

a system that includes federal jobs in the executive branch

b)

a law passed in 1883 that established a Civil Service Commission, which wrote a civil service exam

c)

a system in which politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers with little regard for their qualifications

d)

to adopt the culture and civilization of the dominant group in a society.

32.

Pendleton Civil Service Act

a)

a law passed in 1883 that established a Civil Service Commission, which wrote a civil service exam

b)

1862 law in which the government offered farm plots of 160 acres to anyone willing to live on the land for five years, dig a well, and build a road

c)

a system that includes federal jobs in the executive branch

d)

a political party formed in 1892 on a platform of silver coinage, government ownership of the railroads, and fighting the corrupt and unresponsive elite

33.

Gold Standard

a)

using gold as the basis of the nation’s currency

b)

a system in which politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers with little regard for their qualifications

c)

using silver as the basis of the nation's currency

d)

uniform system of measuring gold

34.

Oliver H. Kelley

a)

a Minnesota farmer and businessman who organized the Grange

b)

the Democratic nominee for president in 1896, who supported many Populist principles including silver coinage, and who toured the country to speak directly to voters

c)

the Republican candidate for president in 1896, who followed a traditional strategy of letting party workers campaign for him

d)

leader of the Nez Perces who surrendered after trying to lead a group of Indian refugees to Canada

35.

Grange

a)

an organization of farmers who joined to learn about new farming techniques, to call for the regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates, and to prompt the establishment of the ICC

b)

a political party formed in 1892 on a platform of silver coinage, government ownership of the railroads, and fighting the corrupt and unresponsive elite

c)

Specific area set aside by the federal government for the Indians’ use

d)

land given by the federal government for building railroads

36.

Populist Party

a)

a political party formed in 1892 on a platform of silver coinage, government ownership of the railroads, and fighting the corrupt and unresponsive elite

b)

a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former President Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé, incumbent President William Howard Taft.

c)

a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.

d)

a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism and shrinking the size and scope of government.

37.

William Jennings Bryan

a)

the Democratic nominee for president in 1896, who supported many Populist principles including silver coinage, and who toured the country to speak directly to voters

b)

the Republican candidate for president in 1896, who followed a traditional strategy of letting party workers campaign for him

c)

a Minnesota farmer and businessman who organized the Grange

d)

leader of the Nez Perces who surrendered after trying to lead a group of Indian refugees to Canada

38.

William McKinley

a)

the Republican candidate for president in 1896, who followed a traditional strategy of letting party workers campaign for him

b)

the Democratic nominee for president in 1896, who supported many Populist principles including silver coinage, and who toured the country to speak directly to voters

c)

a Minnesota farmer and businessman who organized the Grange

d)

Sioux chief respected as a fighter and spiritual leader

39.

a system in which politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers with little regard for their qualifications

a)

spoils system

b)

merit system

c)

civil service

d)

party loyalty reward

40.

a system that includes federal jobs in the executive branch

a)

civil service

b)

exectutive branch

c)

Congressional aides

d)

legislative branch

41.

a law passed in 1883 that established a Civil Service Commission, which wrote a civil service exam

a)

Pendleton Civil Service Act

b)

Civil Reform Act

c)

The Grange Act

d)

Spoils Removal Act

42.

using gold as the basis of the nation’s currency

a)

Gold Standard

b)

Golden Economics

c)

Coinage Act

d)

Golden Mint

43.

a Minnesota farmer and businessman who organized the Grange

a)

Oliver H. Kelley

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

William McKinley

d)

Jonathon Grange

44.

an organization of farmers who joined to learn about new farming techniques, to call for the regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates, and to prompt the establishment of the ICC.

a)

Grange

b)

Farmers' Alliance

c)

The Populist Party

d)

American Farmers Union

45.

a political party formed in 1892 on a platform of silver coinage, government ownership of the railroads, and fighting the corrupt and unresponsive elite

a)

Populist Party

b)

Progressive Party

c)

Tea Party

d)

Green Party

46.

the Democratic nominee for president in 1896, who supported many Populist principles including silver coinage, and who toured the country to speak directly to voters

a)

WIlliam Jennings Bryan

b)

William McKinley

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

Oliver H. Kelley

47.

the Republican candidate for president in 1896, who followed a traditional strategy of letting party workers campaign for him

a)

William McKinley

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

Oliver H. Kelley

d)

Ulysses S. Grant