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Topic 3 - Challenges in the Late 1800's

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What helped cities boom in the late 1800s?
a)
Cities grew with railroad expansion
b)
American Indians removed to reservations
c)
Cotton became the number one industry in Texas
d)
Population in Texas dropped to the loud noise of the train
2.
What was one of the negative effects of the barbed wire on the Texas frontier?
a)
introduction of  rodeos
b)
end of cattle trails and drives
c)
cattle ranches decline
d)
American Indian raids increased
3.
The attack of Colorado militia on an unarmed camp of Cheyenne and Arapahoe was known as the --
a)
Red River War
b)
Wounded Knee
c)
Battle of Little Bighorn
d)
Sand Creek Massacre
4.
The Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887 (Dawes Act) --
a)
recognized Native American tribes as Independent nations
b)
presented land to individual tribes
c)
granted each Indian family a 160-acre farmstead
d)
improved the reservation system
5.
The US encouraged people to move to the Great Plains in 1862 through the --
a)
Dawes General Allotment Act
b)
Las Gorras Blancas
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Farmers' Alliance
6.
Which of the following factors contributed to the end of the open-range system?
a)
An increase in the price of beef
b)
The invention of barbed wire
c)
The development of railroads
d)
The disappearance of big mining companies
7.
Which president was assassinated by a man angry that he did not get a government job?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Chester Arthur
d)
James Garfield
8.
The goals of which organization included providing education on new farming techniques and calling for the regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates?
a)
The Chautauqua Circuit
b)
The Interstate Commerce Commission
c)
Las Gorras Blancas
d)
The Grange
9.
The Populist Party had its roots in --
a)
the open-range system
b)
the Farmers' Alliance
c)
mining camps
d)
land grants
10.
In 1883, Congress passed the ______________ Act.  It created a Civil Service Commission to conduct exams for federal jobs.
a)
Sherman Civil Service
b)
Jackson Civil Service
c)
Horatio Gaines
d)
Pendleton Civil Service
11.
The practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs.
a)
Muckraking
b)
The Spoils System
c)
The Civil Service
d)
Idealism
12.
The transcontinental railroad joined together where?
a)
Denver, Colorado
b)
Salt Lake City, Utah
c)
Promontory, Utah
d)
Carson City, Nevada
13.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
a)
Letting Chinese in America with open arms
b)
Banning Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years
c)
The Europeans taking over China
d)
Italians Immigrating to China
14.
What was the long-term impact of American expansion on Native American tribes in the American west after the Civil War?
a)
Most Native Americans were forced to flee to California, Canada and Mexico
b)
Most Native Americans were eventually assimilated into U.S. urban society.
c)
Most American Indians were forced onto reservations west of the Mississippi River.
d)
Most Native Americans were able to keep their ancestral land through the reservation system
15.
Besides white, what other ethnicities were cowboys in the late 1800s?
a)
Mexican American and African American
b)
Asian and African American
c)
Mexican American and Asian
d)
Mostly were white
16.
What act gave 160 acres to any family who would live on the land and farm it for 5 years?
a)
The Homestead Promise
b)
The Homestead Neighborhood
c)
The Homestead Act of 1862
d)
The Homestead farmland
17.
Which of the following was NOT a use of the buffalo by Native Americans on the Plains?
a)
Meat for food
b)
Bones for weapons & tools
c)
Hides for clothing & shelter
d)
Transportation
18.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Provided a way of travel
b)
Attracted new settlers
c)
Transported goods
d)
Helped Native American way of life
19.
What was an effect of the gold rush?
a)
The quest for gold encouraged many settlers to move west
b)
California's population became smaller
c)
People became very poor
d)
None of the above
20.
________________ is a person who takes the law into their own hands.
a)
vaquero
b)
vigilante
c)
sodbuster
d)
buffalo soldier 
21.

What two animals did Native Americans rely on the most?

a)

Horses & Buffalo

b)

Birds & Fish

c)

Mountain Lions & Pumas

d)

Cattle & Pigs

22.
What was another name for the grassland of the central United States extending West to the Rocky Mountains?
a)
Great Plains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Midwest
d)
Deep South
23.
Definition: the remains of those towns once all of the gold/minerals were taken
a)
Open Range
b)
Vaqueros
c)
Boom Town
d)
Ghost Town
24.
Who built the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Chinese and Irish Immigrants
b)
Slaves
c)
Cowboys
d)
Poor White People
25.
What battle was a major victory for the Sioux against General Custer?
a)
Battle of Little Bighorn
b)
Battle of Tippacanoe
c)
Battle of Fallen Timbers
d)
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
26.
What "battle" marked the end of the Indian resistance?
a)
Wounded Knee
b)
Little Bighorn
c)
Horseshoe Bend
d)
Fort Wilderness
27.
This is the person who ran for the Democratic Party, and attracted many Populists, in the 1896 election
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
Chester Arthur
d)
Andrew Johnson
28.
An Indian religious movement called _________ predicted the return of the buffalo herds & the disappearance of white settlers.
a)
Christianity
b)
Ghost Dance
c)
Protestant
d)
Tribal Dance
29.

African American pioneers who moved to the Great Plains were called ___.

a)

pilgrims

b)

Exodusters

c)

Sobusters

d)

Homesteaders

30.

When this was found on the lands where Native Americans lived or were told to live, the Native Americans were ordered by the U.S. GOVT. to move.

a)

Oil & Natural Gas

b)

Iron & Copper

c)

Silver & Brass

d)

Silver & Gold

31.
In the mid-1800s, the most numerous and nomadic Native Americans in the US were the --
a)
Plains Indians
b)
Chinook Indians
c)
Klamath Indians
d)
Pueblo Indians
32.
The leader of the Sioux during the Ghost Dance War at Wounded Knee was --
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Chief Joseph
c)
Red Cloud
d)
Chief Piapot
33.
William M. "Boss" Tweed was a powerful New York City politician who was at the center of --
a)
the populist movement
b)
corrupt political dealings
c)
the Republican party
d)
the Grant administration
34.
The Civil Service Act in 1883 was enacted to counter --
a)
The Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
the gold standard
c)
high tariffs
d)
the Spoils System
35.

The Homestead Act...

a)

Sold land at a low cost to anyone willing to farm it.

b)

Build homes across America

c)

Allowed Native Americans to have any land they wanted

d)

Created jobs for immigrants

36.

Why did the long cattle drives end?

a)

New railroad lines made it cheaper to ship cattle

b)

The farmers got tired

c)

The cattle were getting too skinny from walkinng

d)

The farmers couldn't keep all the cattle together

37.

What was the Chisholm Trail?

a)

A hiking trail

b)

A popular cattle drive route

c)

a trail that slaves used to escape slavery

d)

new road constructed outside of New York City

38.

Nez Perce people often helped white hunters and trappers who passed through their land.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Which tribe tried to reach Canada while fighting the U.S. Army?

a)

Sioux

b)

Cheyenne

c)

Nez Perce

d)

Seminole

40.

Who was the greatest leader and protector of the Nez Perce?

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Buffalo Bill

41.
To combat high prices and decrease debt, the Populist Party believed in --
a)
silver coins along with gold
b)
women's suffrage
c)
burning crops
d)
segregation
42.
The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as
a)
The Great Expansion
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Oregon Fever
d)
The Monroe Doctrine
43.

What part of the country did political machines control?

a)

Urban (city) governments

b)

Rural (country) governments

c)

The U.S. federal government

44.

What was the main reason for the rise of political machines?

a)

They bribed police officers to ignore crimes

b)

Nativists rigged elections in their favor

c)

Forced unions to keep factories open to low skilled workers

d)

Cities were overcrowded and couldn't get basic services needed for immigrants

45.

How did political machines get the support of immigrants?

a)

they promised to stop illegal immigration from Latin America

b)

They wasted money on military spending

c)

They helped them find homes and jobs in exchange for votes

d)

They developed a system to make becoming a citizen easier

46.

Why are political machines an example of corruption in the Gilded Age?

a)

They made sure unions could not protect workers from management

b)

They forced immigrants into the US from Latin America

c)

They took control of city governments and stole millions of dollars from the cities

d)

They prevented immigrants from being Americanized

47.
What was the famous speech by William Jennings Bryan called?
a)
The Cross Speech
b)
The Cross of Gold Speech
c)
Gold Standard
48.

If someone adopts the tradition and culture of whites they are

a)

graduated

b)

part of the spoils system

c)

assimilated

d)

muckraking

49.

Bimetallism is

a)

Silver being adopted as the national currency

b)

Gold and silver being adopted as the national currency

c)

Gold being adopted as the national currency

d)

Tariffs being implemented on all products and paid for with gold

50.

What event caused the decline of Native American Resistance

a)

The Civil War

b)

The Wounded Knee Massacre

c)

Political Machines

d)

The Ghost Movement

51.

What main problem did civil service reform address?

a)

the problem of giving government jobs based on political connections

b)

the problem of the increasing power of political bosses in cities

c)

the lack of qualified applicants for government jobs

d)

the economic mismanagement of the Panic of 1873

52.

What was the importance of the Coinage Act of 1873?

a)

The Act caused inflation to increase farmers’ incomes.

b)

The Act increased tariffs to promote jobs in manufacturing.

c)

The Act retired greenbacks after they caused wartime inflation.

d)

The Act reversed the policy of backing money with gold and silver.

53.

Due to a lack of trees on the Plains, what became the most common type of home?

a)

sod

b)

wood

c)

brick

d)

stucco

54.

Who single-handedly killed 4,000 buffalo, one significant reason that led to their almost extinction?

a)

Wild Bill Hickok

b)

William F. Bonney

c)

William F. Cody

d)

Wyatt Earp

55.

The Mexican _____ was the forerunner of the American cowboy.

a)

Caballero

b)

Poncho Villa

c)

Vaquero

d)

Santa Anna

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