Question 1

Nat Love and Bose Ikard were

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A)  the real names of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 
B)  black cowboys. 
C)  the discoverers of the Comstock Lode. 
D)  the legendary foremen who directed the construction of the transcontinental railroad. 
E)  coauthors of popular Western dime novels about "Deadwood Dick."

Question 2

Which of the following contributed to the fighting style of the Plains Indians?

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A)  Chinese immigrants introduced gunpowder in the nineteenth century. 
B)  The introduction of horses by the Spanish in the sixteenth century. 
C)  Hessian soldiers introduced firearms in the eighteenth century. 
D)  The French introduced swords in the sixteenth century. 
E)  English setters introduced them to the bow and arrow in the seventeenth century.

Question 3

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. 
Wheat boom, bonanza farms

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Question 4

The 1898 Curtis Act

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A)  gave each Indian tribe $10 million as compensation for wrongs done against them in the past. 
B)  established the University of Arizona for Indian children. 
C)  dissolved the Indian Territory and abolished tribal governments. 
D)  paid the Apaches $5 million in exchange for their move to Mexico. 
E)  set the stage for the Oklahoma Land Rush.

Question 5

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

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Question 6

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. 
Brigham Young, Deseret

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Question 7

The Homestead Act

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A)  offered 160 acres of land to any settler who would pay a $10 registration fee, live on the land for five years, and cultivate it. 
B)  offered 40 acres and a mule to former slaves who relocated to the frontier after the Civil War. 
C)  granted ex-soldiers from Homestead, Pennsylvania, a parcel of western land as payment for service during the Civil War. 
D)  was devised by Massachusetts senator Henry Homestead to break up Indian reservations and provide 160 acres of land to Indians for farming. 
E)  created reservations to which Indians were forced to move.

Question 8

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

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Question 9

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. 
Wild West Show

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Question 10

As a result of the Red River War,

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A)  Indian independence on the southern Plains came to an end. 
B)  Indians in Oklahoma preserved their freedom for another 20 years. 
C)  Indians defeated white soldiers in most of the battles but lost the war. 
D)  Indians were able to force the government to grant them control of North and South Dakota. 
E)  American soldiers massacred what remained of the Cheyenne Indians.

Question 11

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

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Question 12

What did mining, cattle ranching, and wheat farming have in common?

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A)  Most people who tried their hand at them made money. 
B)  Slow economic growth made them safe investments. 
C)  Boom and bust economic cycles affected them. 
D)  The work itself was not hard. 
E)  They depended on massive government subsidies.

Question 13

What decision did Congress make in 1871 that would change the nature of relations between U.S. whites and Native Americans over land issues?

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A)  It implemented a national reservation policy that would grant big blocks of land to various tribes. 
B)  It established the Board of Indian Commissioners to reform reservation abuses. 
C)  It abolished treaty-making and replaced treaties with executive orders and acts of Congress. 
D)  It outlawed white settlement west of the Rockies. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 14

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

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Question 15

What was the role of the railroad in westward expansion and economic development? Did settlers have a positive or negative view of the railroad? Why?

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Question 16

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

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Question 17

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. 
Timber Culture Act, Desert Land Act

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Question 18

Where did a massacre of Indians occur in 1890?

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A)  Little Bighorn 
B)  Red River 
C)  Wounded Knee 
D)  Dead Man's Pass 
E)  Fort Laramie

Question 19

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. 
Board of Indian Commissioners

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Question 20

Which of the following nineteenth-century federal Indian policies is correctly is paired with what it did?

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A)  Bill for the Removal of Indians, 1830 : Abolished the Indian Territory in Oklahoma. 
B)  Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868 : Turned the Great Sioux Reserve into a city named Sioux City that would be open to settlement by all Americans. 
C)  Establishment of the Board of Indian Commissioners in 1869 : Created a self-governing "board of directors" that would oversee Indian lands as though they were a private corporation. 
D)  Dawes Severalty Act, 1887 : Divided tribally held reservation lands into small allotments for families and individuals. 
E)  Curtis Act, 1898 : The Cherokees were moved from Georgia to Oklahoma, and their lands were opened to settlers.

Exam 17: The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

Nat Love and Bose Ikard were

Which of the following contributed to the fighting style of the Plains Indians?

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. Wheat boom, bonanza farms

The 1898 Curtis Act

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

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. Brigham Young, Deseret

The Homestead Act

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

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. Wild West Show

As a result of the Red River War,

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

What did mining, cattle ranching, and wheat farming have in common?

What decision did Congress make in 1871 that would change the nature of relations between U.S. whites and Native Americans over land issues?

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

What was the role of the railroad in westward expansion and economic development? Did settlers have a positive or negative view of the railroad? Why?

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

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. Timber Culture Act, Desert Land Act

Where did a massacre of Indians occur in 1890?

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. Board of Indian Commissioners

Which of the following nineteenth-century federal Indian policies is correctly is paired with what it did?