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THE LAST FRONTIER

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

HOW MANY YEARS AFTER THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH WAS SILVER FOUND IN COMSTOCK LODE?

a)

20

b)

2

c)

10

d)

14

2.

WHICH EVENT DIRECTLY AFFECTED SETTLERS' LIVES ON THE GREAT PLAINS?

a)

HOMESTEAD ACT

b)

BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN

c)

NATIVE AMERICANS LIVE IN RESERVATIONS

3.

WHICH EVENY INVOLVED NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE UNITED STATES SOLDIERS?

a)

HOMESTEAD ACT

b)

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

c)

BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN

4.

HOW MANY YEARS AFTER THE HOMESTEAD ACT WAS PASSED WAS THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN FOUGHT?

a)

14

b)

10

c)

2

5.

A PERSON SEARCHING FOR GOLD, SILVER, OR OTHER MINERAL RESOURCES.

a)

PROSPECTOR

b)

SEGREGATION

c)

BLACK CODES

6.

FAST ECONOMIC OR POPULATION GROWTH

a)

BUST

b)

BOOM

c)

ACQUIT

7.

FAST ECONOMIC DECLINE

a)

BUST

b)

BOOM

c)

FREEDMEN

8.

PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED LAND WERE CALLED ____________

a)

ACQUIT

b)

HOMESTEADERS

c)

RESERVATION

9.

NATIVE AMERICANS WERE MOVED TO

(a)  

10.

HE WAS A WELL KNOWN AFRICAN AMERICAN COWHAND.

(a)  

11.

IN JUNE 1786 HE ATTACKED THE SIOUX AND THEIR ALLIES

(a)  

12.

THEY LED MORE THAN 1,500 WARRIORS INTO THE BATTLE AT THE LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER.

(a)  

13.

THE GOVERNMENT TRIED TO FORCE THE NEZ PERCE ONTO AN IDAHO RESERVATION, BUT THEIR LEADER (a)   RESISTED

14.

IN THE SOUTHWEST AND APACHE CHIEF LED ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES ARMY

(a)