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WorksheetsPNW History for Educators - D189
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 39mins
Which action did British Parliament offer a reward for doing, that inspired British subjects to travel to the Pacific Northwest in the 1770's?
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Teretory
Northwest Passage
Washington Treaty
In what way did Captain James Cook's exploration in 1778 have a major social and economic impact on the Pacific Northwest?
It led to British discovery that beaver pelts from the Pacific Northwest were highly profitable in the Chinese market.
It led to British discovery that sea otter pelts from the Pacific Northwest were highly profitable in the Chinese market.
Maritime trade in the PNW
First Fur Trading company in PNW
Which statement accurately describes the nature of the United States trade in the Pacific Northwest prior to 1800?
The United States had a smaller role in maritime trade then England and France
The United States had a larger role in maritime trade then England and France
The United States had no role in maritime trade then England and France
The United States had a similar role in maritime trade then England and France
What was the effect of the Oregon treaty of 1846 on the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC)
It defined the boundary between the US and present day Canada ending HBC's dominance in US territory
It helped HBC gain more dominance in the PNW
It defined the boundary between the US and present day Canada growing HBC's dominance in US territory
What was the US government obligated to do for native Americans under the terms of the point no point treaty of 1855
Establish day schools
Give back land taken
Establish an agricultural an industrial school
Allow native people to hunt and fish off reservation land
Which action did chief Seattle take when European American immigrants violated the treaty of point Elliot and native Americans rebuild
He protected the natives from the settlers
He banded together with other tribes to become more powerful
He left his tribe
He protected the settlers from native warriors
Which native American people lost land in the point Elliot trading that later became of the city of Seattle
Nez Perce
Non Treaty Nez Perce
Duwamish
Nisqually
Which right did the Walla Walla, Umatilla, and Cayuse Native Americans retain after their negotiations with the US government
The right to use ancestral lands on and off the reservation for hunting and gathering
The ability to hunt and fish in the Columbia River
The right to use ancestral lands on and off the reservation for potlatch
The right to use ancestral burial lands
What was an underlying cause of the Yakima war
Settlers trespassing on native lands to access a Goldstrike
Settlers wanting to Marry native women
The murder of Andrew Bolin
The killing of Chief Kamakian
What was traded between Native Americans and Captain James Cook that led to an economic turning point for the Pacific Northwest region?
Sea Otter Pelts
Beaver Pelts
Gold and Silver
Guns and Hunting supplies
Which prominent Native leader signed the Treaty of Point Elliot in 1855 as the representative of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples?
Chief Seattle
Chief Joseph
Chief Leschi
Gov. Isaac Stevens
Which federal law subdivided Native lands and reservations into private property assigned to individuals and families?
The Louisiana Purchase
The Oregon Treaty
The Oregon Trail
The Dawes Act
Which conflict resulted in around 400 Pacific Northwest Native Americans being imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas?
The Modac War
The Nez Perce War
The Rogue River War
The Puget Sound War
Which of the following is a reason that the treaty process in the Pacific Northwest of the United States was particularly cumbersome?
Clearly defined Native leaders
Significant language barriers
Ability for negotiating parties from the U.S. to make decisions without government approval
Negotiation by former employees of the Hudson’s Bay Company
Treaty of point no point
Natives were captured and sent to Ft. Leavenworth
Retained rights to their traditional hunting and fishing grounds and agreed to trade at Vancouver Island
Relinquished all of their hunting and fishing rights but able to access burial grounds
Retained rights to their traditional hunting and fishing grounds and agreed not to trade at Vancouver Island
Puget Sound War
Several natives disagreed with treaties they were offered so natives who lived alongside the Puget Sound battled with US Navy who raided their territories Chief Seattle warned settlers
Was a fight over the San Juan Islands border between Britain and America
Was a direct result of the Yakima War
Was completely peaceful
Yakima Indian war
Indian Affairs wrongfully killed chief kamakians nephew
Miners who encroached on the Yakima Land married Yakima Women
Yakama people attacked some minors who were in fringing on their territory; US soldiers retaliated and forced natives to retreat
Caused due to the Walla Walla Treaty
Nez Perce Flight
Non Treaty Nez Perce were sent to Canada and banished from the US
were forced upon multiple reservations in Idaho
Non-treaty Nez perce And US Army forcing non-treaty on a 126 day, 1170 mile journey through four states; non-treaty natives were exiled to Kansas
Were separated from the Treaty Nez Perce
Dawes General Allotment Act
Gave money to those who were first to find the Northwest Passage
Forced farmers to teach natives how to farm on their land
Agents were Abel to declare competency before the 25 years were up
1887 law that divided reservation land into private family plots; Reversed the practice of allowing the tribes to communally manage and control the reservation lands
True or False? Lewis and Clark came to the Pacific Northwest to establish a trading company.
False. Lewis and Clark journeyed through the Pacific Northwest to explore the area from the Louisiana Purchase, not to establish a trading company.
True. They were sent by the United States government to pave the path to the NW Passage for the future settlers in the west.
True or False? The land-based fur trade was eventually overtaken by the maritime fur trade in the Pacific Northwest.
True
False
True or False? Europeans and Americans were dependent on Native Americans for the functioning of the fur trade.
True
False
Who and what were the Knights of Labor?
The main cause of the Everett Massacre
Pro-chinese worker union supporting the immigration of Chinese laborers
Targeted employers of Chinese laborers (IWW)Labor union/movement
Helped unemployed citizens find work
Seattle Minutemen
Volunteer civil defense corps; Pro-communist
Volunteer civil defense corps; anti-communist
Paid civil defense corps; anti-communist
Paid civil defense corps; Pro-communist
1924 Immigration Act (select all that apply)
A United States federal law that limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States, and banned immigration of Asians.
These efforts were due in part to keep America a Protestant country.
Was the first discriminatory act
Only affected Chinese women who were immoral
Which of these is NOT the reason why was WA hit so hard by the Great Depression
WA was highly dependent on extractive industries, especially forest products
Washington was more populated than the surrounding states leading to more unemployment than any other state.
hit hardest were the building and construction industry (and logging/sawmills)
at least one third of labor force was unemployed
Which is NOT true about the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition?
Europeans used it to show off territories they wanted to take over.
Took place on the ground of the University of Washington;
intended to promote the region's economic and cultural ties to Alaska, the Canadian Northwest, and the Pacific Rim
Americans used it to show off territories they took over.
Abigail Scott Duniway
Wrote multiple books on women voting
lead the movement of women getting the right to vote in the PNW
Argued against the idea of women voting in WA and OR
Fought to make sure Wyoming an Nevada were the first states to allow women to vote
Which type of Native American school emphasized religious education?
Mission School
Off Reservation School
Reservation Boarding School
Day School
Which federal act reversed many assimilationist policies, such as allotment, privatization of lands, and boarding schools, and allowed Native peoples an avenue to regain land and ensure tribal self-government?
The Indian Reorganization Act
The Indian Voting Act
The Indian Citizen Act
The Meriam Report
What was another name for the Populist Party?
The Republican Party
The Democrat Party
The Green Party
The People's Party
How did the U.S. government intervene in the Pacific Northwest to improve working conditions for loggers when the nation entered World War I?
Established the One Big Union for the industrial working class
Passed criminal syndicalism legislation
Created the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen (4-L)
Supported the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Which statement is true of Native American participation in World War I?
Many Native Americans were non-citizens prior to their service in World War I and gained U.S. citizenship after serving.
A majority of Native Americans who served in World War I were drafted.
Native Americans were prohibited from serving in the U.S. military, but they were able to support the war effort in production jobs.
Native Americans largely objected to serving in World War I because tribal sovereignty meant that the U.S. government was not their government to defend.
U.S. vs. Nice
Was a Supreme Court decision declaring that natives are allowed to purchase firearms but are still not allowed to purchase alcohol
allowed natives to purchase alcohol
Gave natives the ability to purchase firearms but not alcohol
Supreme court decision which declared that Congress still retain plenary power to native American interests when native Americans are granted citizenship
What were Cultural and legal resistance
Laws natives refusedLawsuits natives filed
Laws in the workforces created against Chinese laborers
Laws white settlers refused Lawsuits white settlers filed
What were Forced Assimilation effects?
Convert natives to American cultures - "kill the Indian but save the man"
A result of the Centralia Tragedy
boarding schools
A result of US vs. Nice
Who advocated for the reservation system to fully assimilate native Americans into US culture
Native Americans
Religious Organizations
The US Government
The Military
Which piece of legislation represented a change in the property rights guaranteed to native nations in treaties
US v Nice
Dawes Act
Burke Act
Miriam Report
Which project was developed as a new deal project that transformed the economic future of the Pacific Northwest
Bonneville Dam
Grand Coulee Dam
Eastern Washington Windmills
Columbia Basin Project
Which accomplishment did the unemployed citizens league (UCL) achieve during the first four years of the great depression
Helped the unemployed pay their rent and mortgage
They establish cooperatives to help the rich be more rich
Union with the goal of tearing down the union of state
They establish cooperatives to help the poor be self-sufficient
Which need was fulfilled using electrical power from the grand Coulee dam during World War II
Building more factories in Tacoma
Medical Supply Manufacturing
Building Navy Ships
Building Aircraft
Which action to the Burke act demand of the native Americans before the United States would release property to them
They show competency in managing their land
Giving the natives land if they promise to take care of it
They show interest in becoming farmers
They give up their tribal membership for land
What was the outcome of the boldt decision of 1974
It took fishing rights from native nations near the Columbia river
It gave land back to native nations who were sent to OK
It gave extensive fishing rights to native nations near the Columbia river
It granted white settlers permission to mine for gold on native land
T/F Europeans and Americans were dependent on Native Americans for the functioning of the fur trade.
True
False
T/F The potlatch was recognized by the United States federal government as an important tradition and was officially protected in the 1870s.
True
False
Native American peoples retained rights to their traditional hunting and fishing grounds and agreed to not trade at Vancouver Island.
Treaty of Point No Point
Point Elliott
Pig War
Seattle General Strike
This event lead to the whole state of Washington walking out in solidarity.
Everett Massacare
Seattle General Strike
Bellingham Riots
Centralia Tragedy
Chief to sign Treaty of Point Elliott 1855
Chief Leschi
Chief Sealth
Chief Seattle
Chief Joseph
Why was Chief Joseph respected among non-Native Americans after the Nez Perce War?
He killed white settlers who were encroaching on his land.
He exhibited bravery and spoke eloquently about the white settlers.
He killed the most powerful leader of the military
He exhibited bravery and spoke eloquently about the plight of his people.
Which event made it easier for Americans to travel to the Pacific Northwest by land rather than sea?
Louisiana Purchase of 1803
The Oregon Trail
Lewis and Clark's expedition
The Northwest Passage
What did the maritime fur trade bring to the Pacific Northwest that eventually led to an approximately 80 percent decline of Native American populations?
Small pox
chicken pox
Black Plague
Malaria
Which American land-based fur company, established on the shore of the Columbia River in 1811, sold its trading operations to British competitors after being in business for a short time?
American Fur Company
Pacific Fur Company
North West Fur Company
Hudson Bay Company
In what order were the following fur companies absorbed by one another?
Pacific Fur Co.
HBC
North West Fur Co.
Pacific Fur Co. North West Fur Co. HBC
HBC
North West Fur Co. Pacific Fur Co.
North West Fur Co.
Pacific Fur Co.
HBC
Which incentive was promised to native tribes who signed the Neah Bay Treaty in 1855?
The right to cultivate shellfish
Rights to hunt and gather berries
Rights to continue practicing ceremonial experiences
Rights to continue fishing and whaling
Which federal law subdivided Native lands and reservations into private property assigned to individuals and families?
The Boldt Decision
The Dawes Act
The Snyder Act
The Burke Act
Which conflict resulted in around 400 Pacific Northwest Native Americans being imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas?
The Puget Sound War
The Nez Perce War
The Yakima War
The Modac War
What was one important goal of the U.S. government when enacting the Dawes Act?
To help native Americans become better farmers
To enhance Native American cultures and communities
To learn more about Native American cultures and communities
To destroy Native American cultures and communities
Literature produced by railroad companies promoted the Pacific Northwest for its
The Klondike Gold Rush
The growing metropolitan area
The logging
Abundant natural resources
Which development resulted from gold mining in the Pacific Northwest?
An decrease of immigrants from California
An influx of immigrants from the Great Plains
An influx of immigrants from China
An influx of immigrants from California
Which factor did non-Native American residents of Seattle blame when platted land was slow to sell in the 1870s?
The Nez Perce War
The Puget Sound War
The Cayuse War
The Modac War
Which U.S. territories were featured in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909? (select all that apply)
Hawaii
Makah Tribe
Chinese RR Workers
Philippines
What was a significant factor in the decision to create a naval shipyard in the Pacific Northwest?
To have the ability to have a port on the west coast
To help offset all the traffic going to British Columbia
A need for a larger port for multiple ships at once
A need for a repair facility that would not benefit the British economy
What policies did members of the Populist Party favor?
They fought to bring the IWW back to WA state after they were banned
They supported government regulation of farming to prevent them from becoming too powerful
They fought to dismember the KKK
They supported government regulation of railroads to prevent them from becoming too powerful and They fought to limit overproduction of agricultural goods.
Which legislation was part of a series of Progressive reforms in the early twentieth century called the Oregon System?
Oregon System Reform Law
Direct Primary Law
Filibuster ratification Law
The 1924 National Origins Act legitimized discrimination against _________ in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the rest of the United States.
Chinese Immigrants
Japanese Immigrants
Non Whites
Asian Immigrants
In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan in the Pacific Northwest
Feared Americans were threatening the American way of life
feared non-natives were threatening the American way of life
Feared non-Americans were threatening the American way of life
feared the populist party was threatening the American way of life
During the great depression, what was called Hoovervilles?
The work sites of those still employed
Abandoned hotels, houses, and stores
Native reservations
Encampments created by the homeless and unemployed workers
What were two public works projects in Washington that were funded by New Deal programs?
Grand Coulee Dam and Bonneville Dam
Bonneville Dam and Olympic National Park
Grand Coulee Dam and Olympic National Park
North Cascade National Park and Olympic National Park
Who was known for blending Christian beliefs with traditional Native religious practices by establishing a form of worship that included bells, shaking, singing, and dancing?
John Callier
Alice Franklin
John Slocum
Marcus Whitman
Which two "civilized" practices were used on Nez Perce reservations to conform the Nez Perce to white ways?
Farming
Raising Livestock
Going to school
becoming christian
Which two actions merited punishment if a student in the boarding school system was caught doing them?
not praying
Speaking Native Language
Running Away
Killing crops
What was the first Indian school in Oregon that provided industrial training to Native youth?
Willamette Boarding School
Chemawa Day School
Willamette Day School
Chemawa Boarding School
T/F There were over 500 Native American boarding schools spread across the United States for Native youth on and off reservation lands.
True
False
All people born in the United States, including Native Americans, were considered citizens according to the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
True
False
How did the Indian Reorganization Act positively affect Native peoples?
Reversed privatization of land
Gave native peoples all of their land back
Enacted privatization of land
Gave native peoples half of their land back
Which two issues at Native American boarding schools did the Meriam Report publicize to the general public and U.S. government?
Starving and Inadequate healthcare
Abuse and expensive healthcare
lack of teaching and Inadequate healthcare
Abuse and Inadequate healthcare
