Worksheets5. Changes on the Frontier
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following was NOT a Plains Indian War battle listed in your book?
Sand Creek Massacre
Battle of Little Big Horn
Battle of Sitting Bull
Wounded Knee Massacre
Who were the Exodusters?
Irish immigrants who came from the town of Exodust.
Chinese immigrants building railroads in Nevada deserts.
African Americans who moved from the South to Kansas after Reconstruction.
African Americans who moved to California during the Gold Rush.
What is the Grange?
An organization through which farmers attempted to combat the power of the railroads.
An organization through which Native Americans attempted to combat the power of the US Government.
What cattlemen and farmers fought over in the "Grange Wars."
A type of silo used for storing grain.
What type of people were Goldbugs?
bankers and business men
farmers and laborers
sailors and merchants
tailors and gunsmiths
Which of the following groups assisted farmers by educating them about loans, interest rates, and bank/railroad regulations?
The Grange
Farmer’s Only
State Farm
Farmers Insurance
Which of the following refers a sturdy, short-tempered breed of cattle that were highly sought after during the age of the cowboy?
Black Angus
Charolais
Longhorn
Hostein
Which of the following terms refers to the 3 month journey cowboys experienced while attempting to get their cattle to the railroads in Kansas?
Long Drive
Roundup
Rodeo
Barrel Racing
Where was gold discovered in 1874 that led to a gold rush on Native American lands
Sand Creek, CO
Black Hills, SD
Big Horn Mountains, MT
Rocky Mountains, CO
Which of the following political parties was formed in 1892 with the intent of lifting the debt from the farmers and giving people a greater voice in government?
Free-soilers
Independent Party
Democrat Party
Populist Party
Which of the following refers an event where U.S. soldiers attacked Native Americans and led to the destruction of the entire 7th Calvary?
Sitting Bull’s Romp
Custer’s Last Stand
Sherman’s March
Custer’s Big Move
The ______ was a dance that Plains Indians hoped would help them reclaim their old way of life.
Ghost Dance
Stanky Leg
Rain Dance
Warning Dance
The _______ gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges.
Dawes Act
Morrill Act
Homestead Act
Bilingual Education Act
_______ was a plan that sought to abolish Native Americans’ traditional cultures.
Bimetallism
Tolerance
Assimilation
Exodusting
Who led the Sioux warriors against Colonel George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
Geronimo
Big Foot
Sitting Bull
Yellow Bird
A ______ was a freestanding house for settlers of the Great Plains that provided warmth but little protection from snakes and insects.
vaquero
soddy
sky scrapper
longhouse
Which of the following pieces of legislation was offered to the public by Congress to encourage westward expansion by giving each head of household 160 acres of land?
Homestead Act of 1862
Louisiana Purchase
Dawes Act
Settlement Act of 1889
Which of the following marked the collapse of Populism?
the Panic of 1893
the founding of the Grange
the election of William McKinley
the “Cross of Gold” speech
Why did Plains farmers in the late 1800s tend to support bimetallism?
It would make the nation’s money supply safer.
It would put more money in circulation.
It would lower the prices of seed and farm machinery.
It would allow them to profit from the mineral rights on their land.
Which of the following was most responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open western frontier?
the railroad
bonanza farming
sheep ranching
barbed wire
Why did little of the free land offered by the Homestead Act end up being claimed by settlers?
The land was too difficult to farm.
Few settlers wanted to move West at the time.
The government put too many restrictions on its use.
Most of it was taken by people seeking profits.
Which of the following was not central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians in the 1800s?
land ownership
the horse
the buffalo
the extended family
Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?
The Plains failed to meet the needs of Native American peoples.
White settlers began wanting the land on the Plains.
Native American populations decreased and needed less land.
The Plains failed to meet the needs of Native American peoples.
Which of the following marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians?
the death of Sitting Bull
the Treaty of Fort Laramie
the massacre at Wounded Knee
the Sand Creek Massacre
Animal central to the life of the Plains Indians
Prairie Dog
Buffalo
Wolf
Whitetail Deer
Killed at Little Bighorn along with all his men by Sitting Bull and the Sioux Indians.
George A. Custer
Sitting Bull
Henry Dawes
Stonewall Jackson
Political Party that pushed for an income tax & direct election of Senators
Federalists
Democrat
Populist
Republican
A large, single crop farm.
Soddy
Plantation
Sharecropper
Bonanza Farm
Which of the following contributed to ending the open range:
Drought
Barbed wire
Overgrazing
all of these
Allowing animals to roam freely
closed range
loose range
oven range
open range
The Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act, and Morrill Land Grant Act all
encouraged settlement of the West by the American government
gave land in Kansas to African Americans willing to settle and farm it
promoted slavery in new territories
gave 160 acres of land to Native American families
The grasslands extending through the west-central portion of the United States
Soddy
Oregon Trail
Great Plains
Black Creek
Populist and democratic politician in favor of bimetallism; gave the famous "Cross of Gold" speech.
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Republican politician in favor of the Gold Standard
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Monetary system that would use both gold and silver in exchange for paper money and checks. This would increase the amount of money in circulation.
Gold Standard
Bimetallism
Act that broke up reservation lands to distribute to individual Native Americans
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Assimilation Act
This event signaled the end of the Indian Era.
Battle at Little Big Horn
Battle at Wounded Knee
Great Plains
Ghost Dance
