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US History the West 1860-1900

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was barbed wire used for?

a)

protect and control herds

b)

divide property

c)

ended open range grazing

d)

all of the above

2.

What was the Act that gave pioneers a way to buy land?

a)

The Homebound Act

b)

The Homeward Bound Act

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

The Home Sick Act

3.
What was the primary source of food, clothing, tools, shelter for the Plains Indians?
a)
Elk
b)
Deer
c)
Horses
d)
Buffalo
4.
Which one best describes the Great Plains?
a)
The land was rocky.  There were mountains and hills as far as one could see. 
b)
The land was flat. There were very few trees, and it was mostly covered with grass. 
c)
The land was icy and snowy.  The ground was covered in tundra. 
5.
What two animals were of vital importance to Plains Indians?
a)
Buffalo and fish
b)
Horse and cattle
c)
Buffalo and horse
d)
Cattle and horse
6.
Land set aside by the U.S. government for Native Americans (Indians) was called a _________________.
a)
Junction
b)
Reservation
c)
Transcontinental
7.
Who was the leader of the Army during the Battle of Little Bighorn?
a)
Custer
b)
Rain on the Face
c)
Crazy Horse
d)
Licoln
8.

What battle was a tremendous win for the Siuox?

a)

Wounded Knee Battle

b)

Sand Creek Battle

c)

Battle of Little Bighorn

9.

a leader of a band of Nez Perce Indians

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

Chief Joseph

d)

King Phillip

10.

Transcontinental means...

a)

across the U.S.A.

b)

over the U.S.A.

c)

near the U.S.A.

d)

beside the U.S.A.

11.

The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.

a)

north and south

b)

east and west

c)

north and west

d)

east and south

12.

After the railroad was built, travel time went from 6 months to _____________________.

a)

6 weeks

b)

6 days

c)

6 hours

d)

6 minutes

13.

The building of the Transcontinental Railroad started in 1862 and ended in _________.

a)

1865

b)

1867

c)

1869

d)

1871

14.

Buffalo Soldiers did all of the following except

a)

build railroads

b)

relocate Natives to reservations

c)

protected stage coaches and farmsteads

d)

worked in factories

15.

The Central Pacific Railroad hired immigrants from _______________________.

a)

China

b)

Ireland

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

e)

France

16.

The two railroads met in __________________________________.

a)

Promontory, Utah

b)

Las Vegas, Nevada

c)

San Francisco, California

d)

Denver, Colorado

17.

Who led a group of soldiers and tried to force the Sioux of their reservation on the Black Hills?

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

George Armstrong Custer

c)

William Armstrong

d)

George Tecumseh

18.

Who was the Sioux leader who refused to leave the Black Hills when gold was discovered?

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Red Cloud

c)

Crazy Horse

d)

Chief Jospeh

19.

What was the US army's worst defeat, the Sioux's last major victory, and also known as Custer's Last Stand?

a)

Massacre at Wounded Knee

b)

Sand Creek Massacre

c)

Battle of Sitting Bull

d)

Battle of Little Bighorn

20.

What religious movement held faith that the settlers would leave and the buffalo would return?

a)

Shirt Dance

b)

Ghost Dance

c)

Macarena

d)

Ghost Jam

21.

What was the last major event on the Great Plains in which 150 Sioux were killed by US military?

a)

Massacre at Wounded Knee

b)

Sand Creek Massacre

c)

Battle of Sitting Bull

d)

Battle of Little Bighorn

22.

An American Indian Chief who led the victory at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Geronimo

c)

Sitting Bull

23.

A faster, safer, and more reliable form of transport in the West than horse and wagon.

a)

airplanes

b)

stagecoaches

c)

railroads

d)

steamboats

24.

Indian chief who joined Sitting Bull to fight General Custer.

a)

Crazy Horse

b)

Geronimo

c)

Chief Joseph

25.

African Americans who moved West from the South.

a)

Sodrangers

b)

Cowherds

c)

Exodusters

26.
The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..
a)
established ranching towns for cattle drivers.
b)
offered free land to those willing to farm it.
c)
offered land to gold prospectors.
d)
promised protection from Native Americans.
27.

___________ played a major role in the mining and cattle industry for transporting goods to market.

a)

wagon trains

b)

railroads

c)

trucks

d)

tractors

28.
Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system and the need for cowboys?
a)
The use of sod for houses
b)
The invention of barbed wire
c)
The development of railroads
d)
The disappearance of big mining companies
29.
Grazing cattle on government property for free with no restrictions was called
a)
open season
b)
open range
c)
open opportunity
d)
open ranching
30.
Which was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians?
a)
Wounded Knee
b)
The Little Bighorn
c)
Bull Run
d)
Falling Timbers
31.
Many Native Americans longed for the return of their way of life.  Many turned to a religious ceremony called the ______________.
a)
Moon Dance
b)
Sun Dance
c)
Greasy grass Dance
d)
Ghost Dance
32.
This Native American Chief was killed at Wounded Knee in 1890.
a)
Black Elk
b)
Black Kettle
c)
Sitting Bull
d)
Big Foot
33.

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the end of the open range form of cattle ranching?

a)

railroad companies charged unfair shipping rates

b)

the cowboy lifestyle was difficult and lonely

c)

settlers used barbed wire to fence their land

d)

harsh winters and disease killed many cattle

34.

Which of the following was a result of the Compromise of 1877?

a)

Ulysses Grant became president

b)

the 13th amendment abolished slavery

c)

a period of violence and discrimination against African Americans

d)

Native Americans were forced to move to reservations

35.

How did sharecropping keep African Americans in an inferior position?

a)

Sharecropping restricted the voting rights of African Americans.

b)

Sharecropping required African Americans purchase expensive property.

c)

Sharecropping forced African Americans to move thousands of miles from their homeland.

d)

Sharecropping kept African Americans in a cycle of debt and poverty.

36.

Which of the following was used to restrict the rights of African Americans?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Reconstruction Acts

c)

Jim Crow laws

d)

Morrill Act

37.

Who was the female that starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show?

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Anne Oakley

c)

Anne Hathaway

d)

Calamity Jane

38.

Who led (for a fee) African Americans to Kansas during the Exoduster period?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Nat King Cole

c)

Pap Singleton

d)

Abraham Lincoln

39.

Who sang Go Down Moses?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Nat King Cole

c)

Pap Singleton

d)

Benny and the Jets

40.

Who said, I am tired, I will fight no more forever

a)

Pontiac

b)

Chief Joseph

c)

Crazy Horse

d)

Sitting Bull

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