Exam 17: The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Transcontinental Railroad, Promontory Point

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Owen Wister, The Virginian

The Five Civilized Tribes were

What discoveries and developments prompted the establishment of national parks?

Settlers on the Great Plains

What crop was found to grow very well in the Dakotas in the 1870s?

Which of the following is not associated with the Ghost Dance?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Phoenix Indian School

For the most part, white Americans found Indian culture to be very alien. In what ways did Indian culture (practices and beliefs) differ from that of whites? How did the encroachment of whites affect Indian culture?

In the latter half of the nineteenth century, where did the federal government attempt to confine all Plains Indian tribes?

Which of the following was not one of the features of Lakota Sioux culture?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Nebraska

Why were there violent clashes between cattle ranchers and farmers during the late 19^th century?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Dime novels

The 1877 Desert Land Act allowed western ranchers to

Which of the following statements concerning the first transcontinental railroad is true?

The discovery of gold led to enough settlers moving to Alaska for it to establish its own territorial government. Where was the gold discovered?

Which of the following statements accurately describes most Great Plains Indians in the mid-nineteenth century?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Canadian Klondike

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Sand Creek Massacre