Chapter 17 American History

1.

1 point

Central Pacific railway started in Sacramento, California

True

False

2.

1 point

Vigilantes were grants of land or money

True

False

3.

1 point

Early American cowboys learned many of their skills from

Settlers from New England

Mexican and Spanish cowboys

Veterans of Civil War

Native American horsemen

4.

1 point

William Jennings Bryan won the Election of 1896.

True

False

5.

1 point

What was the general attitude of the United States government toward treaties with Native Americans?

It made treaties when convenient but often broke them

It refused entirely to enter into any treaties with Native Americans

It took very seriously all treaties made with Native Americans

It would only make treaties with the most powerful tribes

6.

1 point

Of the following, which did NOT occur as a result of the new transcontinental railroad?

Products such as gold, silver, and beef were shipped east in great quantities

New towns sprang up along the railroads

The population of western territories fell

Many railroad workers were killed

7.

1 point

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

deer

buffalo

gold

cotton

8.

1 point

The Dawes Act was very similar to the Freedman's Bureau.

True

False

9.

1 point

Which of the following happened on May 10, 1869?

The first transcontinental railroad was completed.

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

Congress passed a law increasing the pay of railroad workers.

Gold was discovered in California, beginning the Gold Rush.

10.

1 point

Which of the following was NOT a way some Native Americans reacted to changes in their way of life?

they started buffalo farms

they fled to Canada

they attacked United States soldiers and white settlers

they dreamed of returning to their old ways of life

11.

1 point

Settlers moving west did not think the Great Plains were fit for farming because

only the Spanish and Native Americans had settled there.

the region was home to many dangerous wild animals.

the area received little rainfall and had few trees

most of the land was too far from existing towns.

12.

1 point

Reservations were cone shaped tents made of buffalo skins.

True

False

13.

1 point

Which of the following was a risk of life on the trail for cowboys?

starving to death

cattle stampedes

attacks from vaqueros

being run over by trains

14.

1 point

Settlements at the end of cattle trails were known as

cowboy towns

cow towns

boomtowns

railroad towns

15.

1 point

Union Pacific railway started in Omaha, Nebraska

True

False

16.

1 point

The "Wild West" was a

humorous Stephen Foster song

hotel in Abilene, Kansas

Native American dance

myth about a place of violence, adventure, and opportunity

17.

1 point

Native Americans were hurt by all of the following EXCEPT

broken treaties

shrinking herds of buffalo

the end of the cattle boom

movement to reservations

18.

1 point

One of the primary purposes of the Dawes Act was to

turn Native Americans into farmers

encourage the Native American population to increase

rebuild the Native American nations

restore the tribal ownership of land.

19.

1 point

The term "sodbusters" refers to

Cowhands

railroad workers

Great Plains farmers

Oklahomans

20.

1 point

The Fort Laramie Treaty was a huge success.

True

False

21.

1 point

The transcontinental railroad met in Promontory, Utah.

True

False