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Unit 2: Challenges in 1800s

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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)
William McKinley
7.
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
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.
Which of the following was a presidential candidate for the Populist Party?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Chester Arthur
d)
William Jennings Bryan
10.
The presidential election of 1896 had three candidates.  One Republican, one Democrat, and one from the --
a)
Populist Party
b)
Whig Party
c)
Bull-Moose Party
d)
Mario Party
11.
The Populist Party had its roots in --
a)
the open-range system
b)
the Farmers' Alliance
c)
mining camps
d)
land grants
12.
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
13.

The United States Indian Peace Commission concluded that lasting peace would come only if Native Americans

a)

resumed hunting

b)

stayed on reservations

c)

settled on farms

d)

educated themselves

14.

The culture of the western cowboy originated with

a)

African Americans

b)

immigrants

c)

AngloAmericans

d)

Mexican vaqueros

15.

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

a)

the railroads helped the Native Americans move east

b)

Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

c)

the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources

d)

the railroads increased the amount of land the Native Americans had

16.
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
17.
________________ is a person who takes the law into their own hands.
a)
vaquero
b)
vigilante
c)
sodbuster
d)
buffalo soldier 
18.
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
19.
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
20.
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
21.

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

22.
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
23.
The practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs.
a)
Muckraking
b)
The Spoils System
c)
The Civil Service
d)
Idealism
24.
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
25.
African American pioneers who moved to the Great Plains were called ___.
a)
PILGRIMS
b)
EXODUSTERS
c)
SODBUSTERS
d)
HOMESTEADERS

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