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USH ch 15

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Dawes Act was an attempt to fully ______ Native Americans.

a)

Assimilate

b)

Convert

c)

Assume

d)

Decimate

2.

As the leader of the New South movement, what was Henry Grady supporting?

a)

northern investment in southern industry

b)

blacks leaving the South to work in the North

c)

southerners growing more cotton for export

d)

southern investment in northern factories

3.

Which achievements are matched correctly?

a)

Sitting Bull - victory at Sand Creek

b)

Custer - victory at Little Bighorn

c)

Sitting Bull - victory at Little Bighorn

d)

Chivington - victory at Little Bighorn

4.

The New South, envisioned by Henry W. Grady, would

a)

maintain its southern heritage.

b)

promote tourism.

c)

provide separate facilities for different races.

d)

rival the North economically.

5.

During Reconstruction, the Black Codes

a)

were enacted by the Radical Republicans to prevent racial discrimination in the South.

b)

were laws passed by mainly Southern states to keep African Americans in a system of virtual slavery.

c)

protected the Constitutional rights and liberties of freed slaves.

d)

protected the Constitutional rights and liberties of freed slaves.

6.

1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years

a)

Populism Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Granger Act

d)

Exoduster Act

7.

A designated area of land that Native American Tribes lived on

a)

ranch settlement

b)

frontier

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

reservation

8.

A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Plantation Cropping

c)

Segregated Farming

d)

Reservation Farming

9.

Which Amendment Abolished Slavery

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

16th

10.

This amendment granted citizenship given to all people in the US

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

20th

11.

Which amendment states U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

17th

12.

African Americans who left the south to go West (Kansas)

a)

Cowboys

b)

Ranchers

c)

Homesteaders

d)

Exodusters

13.

Was the Sand Massacre received well?

a)

Yes, most generals viewed it as heroic action

b)

Yes, he was following direct orders from the president

c)

No, it was viewed as unjustified and cruel to the Natives

d)

No, as he was told to just leave them alone

14.

Where did Sand Creek take place?

a)

Arkansas

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Nevada

d)

Colorado

15.

Who was John Chivington?

a)

The President of the United States

b)

The commander of the forces at Sand Creek

c)

A soldier who was killed in action

d)

A white man who married a Native woman

16.

Where is Wounded Knee?

a)

South Dakota

b)

North Dakota

c)

Florida

d)

Canada

17.

At the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Colonel George Custer and his army were defeated by Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by ________________

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

Geronimo

d)

both Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

18.

A name that was given to the Plains farmers

a)

sodbusters

b)

dry farmers

c)

longhorns

d)

vaqueros

19.

Which group beat boomers into Oklahoma?

a)

Sooners

b)

Laters

c)

Homesteaders

d)

Sodders

20.
Which of the following might a vigilante in a boomtown have been likely to say?
a)
"We should elect a sheriff and a judge to enforce the law."
b)
"Let's give crooks the kind of justice they deserve."
c)
"We shouldn't have to pay taxes unless we get something in return."
d)
"Our community needs more churches and schools."
21.
The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..
a)
established ranching towns for cattle drivers.
b)
offered free land to those willing to farm it.
c)
offered land to gold prospectors.
d)
promised protection from Native Americans.
22.
Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?
a)
Cotton
b)
Deer
c)
Buffalo
d)
Gold
23.
When the mines ran out in Boom-towns and the people moved on it often created ____________
a)
Slow towns
b)
Small towns
c)
Ghost towns
d)
Mini towns
24.
Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system and the need for cowboys?
a)
The use of sod for houses
b)
The invention of barbed wire
c)
The development of railroads
d)
The disappearance of big mining companies
25.
Which was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians?
a)
Wounded Knee
b)
The Little Bighorn
c)
Bull Run
d)
Falling Timbers
26.
Which of the following inventions was most instrumental in depleting the buffalo population?
a)
Steel Plow
b)
Mechanical Reaper
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Hydraulic Pump
27.
Book written by Helen Hunt Jackson that criticized US treatment of Native Americans
a)
Century of Dishonor
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Silent Spring
d)
Impending Crisis of the South
28.
What two immigrant groups built the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Chinese and Scotish
b)
Chinese and Irish
c)
Irish and German
d)
Japanese and Irish
29.
Which of the following was NOT a type of Native American assimilation?
a)
Name changes
b)
Land ownership
c)
English
d)
Polytheism
30.

Which group united to reduce the power of railroads and banks over farmers?

a)

Farm Bureau

b)

Great Plains

c)

Democrats

d)

Farmers' Alliances

31.

Which of the following guaranteed Black patrons the right to use public areas such as railroads and hotels?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1875

32.

What were Boomtowns?

a)

Major cities in the West

b)

Towns that grew up almost overnight

c)

Towns that were not successful

d)

Towns established by the railroads

33.

The word Vigilante means:

a)

People who didn't obey the law

b)

People who obeyed the law

c)

People who kept a lookout for Indian attacks

d)

People who took the law into their own hands

34.

The two sets of tracks met in ______________ to complete the transcontinental railroad.

a)

Promontory Point, Utah

b)

Pikes Peak, Colorado

c)

Sacramento, California

d)

Omaha, Nebraska

35.

The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.

a)

north and south

b)

east and west

c)

north and west

d)

east and south

36.

The __________________________ company began building the railroad in California.

a)

Central Pacific

b)

Union Pacific

37.
How did the Transcontinental impact the natural environment?
a)
the trained ripped up the sod on the plains
b)
mining for coal, pollution, and blasting through mountains impacted the environment.
c)
mining for gold, building large trestles, and avalanches impacted the environment
d)
shipping crops East and fencing off farm land impacted the environment
38.

Which of the following did NOT directly result from the completion of the transcontinental railroad?

a)

Time Zones to regulate train schedules

b)

New towns and settlers

c)

The creation of new states

d)

Easier transportation of goods

39.

What was the purpose of the Exodusters?

a)

To establish their own towns in the West

b)

To work as cowboys on the Great Plains

c)

To seek a new life free of discrimination in the West

d)

To mine for gold and silver in the West

40.

What was the role of cowboys in the cattle industry?

a)

To protect small towns from outlaws

b)

To drive cattle to cow towns for slaughter

c)

To mine for gold and silver in the West

d)

To establish ranches and breed cattle

41.

What act helped create state colleges such Washington or Wisconsin?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Indian Removal Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Morrill Act

42.

This pair of photographs suggests that the major purpose of the Carlisle Indian School was to

a)

train future leaders in tribal traditions

b)

prepare children for life on the reservation

c)

teach skills needed for working in factories

d)

promote cultural assimilation

43.

Which of the following did NOT happen to Native American students at Carlisle.

a)

Boys had to have their long hair cut

b)

Students were given new names.

c)

Students could practice their religion.

d)

Students had to wear non-traditional clothing.

44.

What kind of labor was used to build the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Slave Labor

b)

Animal Labor

c)

Cheap Immigrant Labor

d)

Child Labor

45.

Why didn't Native Americans like the idea of living on a reservation?

a)

They could not practice their traditional ways of life

b)

They could not attend church on reservations

c)

They could not make money on reservations

d)

They were provided with too much land

46.

He was the leader of the Nez Perce. In 1877, he tried to lead 700 of his people toward Canada but the US Army apprehended them before they crossed the border and sent them to Indian Territory.

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Chief Black Kettle

c)

Cochise

d)

Geronimo

e)

Sitting Bull

47.

In September 1979, this network made its official debut.

a)

HBO

b)

NBC

c)

ESPN

d)

Nickelodeon

48.

In the U.S., September 17th is an important day because it is

a)

Remembrance Day in honor of lives lost in the terrorist attacks.

b)

Grandparents Day in honor of grandparents.

c)

Constitution Day in honor of the day the delegates signed the Constitution.

d)

Batman Day in honor of the classic superhero.

49.

September is the most popular month for

a)

people to start drinking chai tea.

b)

babies to be born.

c)

people to travel.

d)

people to delete their social media accounts.

50.

Historians agree that the driving of the golden spike marking the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, on 10 May 1869 (Select 1)

51.

How did the Homestead Act change the United States?

a)

It shifted the nation to an agricultural economy.

b)

It improved transportation between urban centers.

c)

It promoted the settlement of frontier regions.

d)

It transferred control over raw materials to industrial producers.

52.
Which of the following explains the major drawback of mining?
a)
mining became useless as new technology replaced natural resources
b)
mining proved to be unprofitable
c)
mining was destructive to the natural environment
d)
mining did not provide any jobs for local residents