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OK Hist. Ch. 9-11 Test Review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What army for extablished in 1869 by General Sheridan in Comanche county at the foothills of the Wichita Mountians is still used today?

a)

Fort Sill

b)

Fort Gibson

c)

Fort Washita

d)

Fort McCulloch

2.

The black troops of the 10th Cavalry were...

a)

Black Brigade

b)

Buffalo Soldiers

c)

Plains Police

d)

Countrymen

3.

At the Medicine Lodge Treaty, which provision was NOT agreed upon by all the tribes?

a)

Indians would live on Indian reservations in Oklahoma

b)

Indians would learn to farm rather than roam the prairies

c)

Indians would learn the white man's way of life

d)

Indians would set up a governmental system based on the U.S. Constituion

4.

The Cheyenne chief present at both the Sand Creek Massacre and the Battle of Washita was...

a)

Quanah Parker

b)

Roman Nose

c)

Geronimo

d)

Black Kettle

5.

After the Civil War, tribal leaders in Oklahoma were...

a)

forced to work out new treaties with the Union

b)

relocated to the Dakotas

c)

forced to live in military forts

d)

rewarded for staying with the Union

6.

One of the last armed conflicts in the Indian Territory between the U.S. Calvary and the Native Americans was called the

a)

Battle of Soldier Spring

b)

Battle of Sand Creek

c)

Battle of Turkey Springs

d)

Red River Wars

7.

The Medicine Lodge Treaty brought together  all of the following tribes EXCEPT****

a)

Cheyenne

b)

Comanche

c)

Kiowa-Apache

d)

Sioux

8.

The term "Oklahoma" for a single territorial government was first used by...

a)

Allen Wright representing the Choctaw

b)

John Ross representing the Cherokee

c)

David McIntosh representing the Creek

d)

Robert Love representing the Chickasaw

9.

At the request of Major General Philip Sheridan, which military leader led the 7th Calvary to a surprise attack on the Cheyenne village on the banks of the Washita?

a)

General Alfred Sully

b)

Lt. Colonel George Custer

c)

Colonel Kit Carson

d)

General William Sherman

10.

After the Civil War, the Chickasaw turned their attention to...

a)

reestablishing their schools and caring for their orphans

b)

reestablishing their treaties with the federal government and electing a new tribal council

c)

reestablishing the Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal ceremonies

d)

reestablishing tribal customs and traditions

11.

For safety, markets, and economic assistance, freedmen established...

a)

all-black settlements

b)

military forts

c)

homes near mixed-blood Indians

d)

police forces

12.

President Lincoln created the Freedmen's Bureau to accomplish ALL of the following EXCEPT...

a)

protect the legal rights of former slaves

b)

provide a government welfare program for former slaves

c)

provide former slaves with medical care and the opportunity to lease land

d)

provide former slaves with an education

13.

Although individual Choctaw owned their own homes, they could NOT...

a)

fence the land

b)

sell their homes

c)

sell the land

d)

improve the land

14.

The Indian nations made economic progress after the Civil War despite political problems and divisions among tribal members over war. 

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Granting rights and benefits to freedmen was not an easy process and was handled by the Freedman's Bureau. 

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which tribe reognized the need to change tribal laws to better deal with advances they believed were coming in the future?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Creek

c)

Choctaw

d)

Chickasaw

17.

What was the name of the first railroad built in Indian Territory?

a)

Granite Railway

b)

Transcontinential Railroad

c)

Pacific Railroad

d)

The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad

18.

The name of the famous "Hanging Judge" was...

a)

Bat Materson

b)

Wyatt Earp

c)

Isaac Parker

d)

Cole Younger

19.

The "Hanging Judge's" court was located at...

a)

Fort Gibson

b)

Fort Towson

c)

Fort Washita

d)

Fort Smith

20.

Two congressional acts passed during the Civil War mad a huge impact on westward expansion. Those two acts were...

a)

Union Pacific Railroad Act and the Credit Mobilizer Act

b)

Fugitive Slave Act and Dred Scott Act

c)

Social Security Act and the Medicaid Reform Act

d)

Pacific Railway Act and the Homestead Act

21.

Who believed the Indians would best be served by dividing lands into homesteads. 

a)

Henry Dawes

b)

Elias C. Boudinot

c)

William Springer

d)

David L. Payne

22.

Which two tribes were the 1st to sign the allotment agreement. 

a)

Cherokee and Choctaw

b)

Seminole and Creek

c)

Chickasaw and Choctaw

d)

Cherokee and Chickasaw

23.

There were five land runs, a land lottery, and a land auction. 

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What was the date of the Oklahoma Land Run?

a)

April 8, 1873

b)

April 22, 1889

c)

April 28, 1898

d)

April 12, 1892

25.

What act abolished all tribal governments by 1906?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Curtis Act

d)

Organic Act

26.

When claiming land, what did one have to agree to in order to obtain the title for the land? 

a)

Live and farm on land for five years

b)

Sell the land through an auction for personal gain

c)

Build a home on the land right away

d)

Deface the land and make way for technological advances to take land over

27.

What did people use as their first homes after claiming the land?

a)

Barns

b)

Wagons

c)

Sod Homes

d)

Wood Homes

28.

Which act helped establish the guidelines for the Territory of Oklahoma?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Curtis Act

d)

Organic Act

29.

The Organic Act specified that Oklahoma Territory included all of the land west of the 5 tribes including “No Man's’ Land”

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The Springer Amendment was written by an Indian representative and was rushed through Congress on March 2, 1889, to open the Unassigned Lands to settlement. What is the name of the representative?

a)

Henry Dawes

b)

Elias C. Boudinot

c)

William Springer

d)

David L. Payne

31.

Who was the frirst appointed governor of Oklahoma Territory?

a)

William Springer

b)

George W. Steele

c)

Henry Dawes

d)

Black Kettle

32.

African Americans after the Civil War

a)

Lighthorse Police

b)

Freedmen

c)

Black Settlers

d)

Homestedder

33.

Seperation of racial groups

a)

Racism

b)

Division

c)

Minority

d)

Segregation

34.

Wagon used for storage and transportation of food and supplies.

a)

Chuckwagon

b)

Radion Flyer

c)

Supply Carriage

d)

Brown Wagon

35.

Effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed poeple into the United States

a)

Regeneration

b)

New Beginning

c)

Reconstrution

d)

Alteration

36.

Police force for Native American tribes

a)

Lighthorse Police

b)

Black Army

c)

Tribal Authority

d)

Patrolmen

37.

Went through Oklahoma and headed to Abilene

a)

Great Western Cattle Trail

b)

Chisholm Trail

c)

East Shawnee Trail

38.

Traveled North Fork of the Red River to Dodge City, Kansas

a)

Great Western Cattle Trail

b)

Chisholm Trail

c)

East Shawnee Trail

39.

First cattle trail that went through Oklahoma

a)

Great Western Cattle Trail

b)

Chisholm Trail

c)

East Shawnee Trail

40.

What two pieces of legislation led to the opeing in of the West? (2 correct answers)

a)

The Homestead Act of 1862

b)

Organic Act

c)

Pacific Railway Act

d)

Dred Scott Act

41.

Name the two government schools established for Plains Indians following the Civil War. (2 correct answers)

a)

Chilocco Indian School

b)

Sequoyah Indian School

c)

Tribal Piece Indian School

d)

Riverside Indian School

42.

List the qualifications of the Homestead Act

a)

Any adult citizen, or inteded citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land

b)

Refer to other response

43.

Why and how did the building of railroads through Indian Territory change life foe the Indians?

a)

Railroad companies killed the buffalo, the Indians' main food source. Many of the Indians attacked those building the railroads.

b)

Refer to other answer.

44.

What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?

a)

It dissolved tribal ownership of land and gave specific amounts of land to each individual Indian. It also extended the protection of U.S. laws to the Indians.

b)

Refer to other response

45.

What were the Unassigned Lands?

a)

2 million acres of land that was taken from other Indian tribes but no other tribes had relocated on them. The area includes present-day Payne, Logan, Kingfisher, Canadian, Oklahoma, and Cleveland Counties.

b)

Refer to other answer

46.

How did people acquire land in the land run for the Unassigned lands?

a)

They had to find the appropriate cornerstone, file at a federal land office, pay a small filing fee, and live on the land for five years.

b)

Refer to other answer.

47.

Key Terms...

a)

African Americans after the Civil War

1.

Freedmen

b)

Seperation of racial groups

2.

Segregation

c)

Wagon used for storage and transportation of food and supplies.

3.

Chuckwagon

d)

Effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed poeple into the United States

4.

Reconstruction

e)

Police force for Native American tribes

5.

Lighthorse Police

48.

Cattle Trails...

a)

Went through Oklahoma and headed to Abilene

1.

Chisholm

b)

Traveled North Fork of the Red River to Dodge City, Kansas

2.

Great Western

c)

First cattle trail that went through Oklahoma

3.

East Shawnee

d)

"Cow Capitol" of the World

4.

Abiliene, KS