WorksheetsNative Americans in the US
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the full name of the seventh US president?
(a)
What is the name of the political party that wanted a weak president and a strong Congress?
(a)
The ninth US president was a member of the (a) party.
Who were the sixth - ninth US presidents, in order?
Van Buren, Jackson, Harrison, Lincoln
Harrison, Monroe, Madison, Jackson
Madison, Monroe, Van Buren, Jackson
Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison
Four Native American tribes that suffered under Jackson's policies were: ______________, ____________, ____________, _________
(a)
What animal did the US government practically annhilate in order to starve Native Americans?
(a)
Native Americans tried to protect themselves from annhilation by assimilating to the settlers' ways. "Assimilating" means
Adopting
Rebelling
Surrendering
Pretending
Lewis and Clark are famous for mapping out the (a) territory.
All of these are trailblazers except for
John C. Fremont
John Jacob Astor
Daniel Boone
Lewis & Clark
______________ was the leader of the Mormoms.
John C. Fremont
Dawes General
Greenwich Mean
Brigham Young
Native Americans and settlers each wanted everything except for
gold
farmland
land ownership
horses
The Treaty of (a) "recognized" Indian land.
The Treaty of (a) was an "agreement" that Indians would live on reservations.
A 'reservation' is
land reserved for a specific reason.
A body of water held in a large lake.
A placeholder with a time stamp.
A hesitancy.
Two things that the Dawes-General Allotment Act promised Native Americans were
(a)
The ______________ ___________ ended the US canal system, the Pony Express, the bison herds, and led to the creadion of standard time.
(a)
Two 'booms' in the 1800s were
population and gold!
agriculture and population!
economy and growth!
population and economy
Time zones actually began in
London, England
Greenwich, England
Washington D.C.
New York
When it is noon in California, what time is it in North Carolina?
15:00
9:00
20:00
midnight
The Chinese built the transcontinental railroad, and so did a small percentage of another group of immigrants, the :
Japanese
African Americans
Irish
Polish
"Trans" means 'across'; "continent" means 'continent'; "al" means 'related to', and "railroad" means
straight road
tracks
iron tracks
choo choo!
(a) National Park was the first place that bison/buffalo were protected.
What is the Cherokees' forced 800-mile walk known as?
(a)
(a) was the country that sold the Louisiana Purchase to Thomas Jefferson.
