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College US History Quiz on Chapter 17, created by Khiem Manning on 05/06/2016.
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Question 1

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What were the physical features of the Great Plains?
Answer
  • rolling prairies, south of the Missouri River
  • rough, semi arid, lands, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains
  • east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, parched deserts
  • treeless, nearly flat with grassy hillocks, from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

Question 2

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All of the following describe the life of the Plains Indians EXCEPT...
Answer
  • men held positions of authority, cleared grounds for farming, supervised ceremonial activities, hunters; women did domestic work, reared children, gatherers, had roles in political, economic, and religious activities
  • tribes and bands depended horses for transportation and buffalos for weapons, fuel for fire, food, housing, clothing, glue
  • tribes of thousands broke down into bands of hundreds who all spoke the same dialects and were often dependent on one another
  • fierce warriors, fighting between tribes and/or bands took place as brief skirmishes or small raids

Question 3

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The Indian Intercourse Act of 1834 was a policy that...
Answer
  • prohibited white men from entering Indian land without a license
  • assigned definite boundaries to each Indian tribe
  • small reservations for Indian tribes to civilize them up to American standards
  • exchanged land for assimilation

Question 4

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The 1851 Concentration Policy defined boundaries allotted to each Indian Tribe
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

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The Peace Commissions Policy, or the policy of "small reservations", continued the construction of the Bozeman Trail, and set up small reservations to civilize Native Americans.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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The 1871 Assimilation Policy ended the practice of making treaties with Native Americans, and assimilate them into their culture instead of civilizing them
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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Which of the following describes the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887?
Answer
  • divided tribal lands into small plots for distribution among Native Americans
  • any extra land not given away was sold to white settlers with the profits going towards Native American schools
  • American citizenship was given to Native Americans who accepted their land, lived away from their tribes, and assimilated
  • government kept Native American lands in their trusts for 25 years to keep them from falling into the hands of speculators

Question 8

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What was the most significant blow to Indian tribal life?
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  • forced into reservations
  • settlers taking their land and supplies
  • diseases brought over by white settlers and explorers
  • extermination of the buffalo

Question 9

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Which of the following best describes the Homestead Act of 1862?
Answer
  • 160 acres of land to those who planted trees on a quarter of the land within four years
  • 160 acres of land to those who paid a registration fee and pledged to live on and cultivate the land for five years
  • family heads received 160 acres of land, single adults 80 acres, and children received 40 acres of land
  • buy up to 160 acres of land for $1.25 per acre, provided that they irrigate part of the bought land in three years

Question 10

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The Timber Culture Act of 1873 added on the Homestead Act stating that settlers could claim up to an additional 160 acres only if they planted trees on a quarter of the land within four years.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

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The Desert Land Act of 1877 allowed settlers to buy up to 160 acres for $1.25 per acre providing they irrigate part of the land by three years of ownership.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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The Timber and Stone Act of 1878 allowed settlers to buy up to 160 acres for $2.50 an acre provided that they removed a part of the timber or stone within three years.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 13

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What was the largest landowning group in the west?
Answer
  • oil companies
  • steel companies
  • mining companies
  • railroad companies

Question 14

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Which of the following describes the major components of territorial government in the West?
Answer
  • Northwest Ordinance of 1787 (established rules on how territories became states)
  • president appointed governor and judges in each territory while Congress detailed their duties, set their budgets, and oversaw their activities
  • until statehood, territorial government depended on the federal government and national political parties funneled government funds into territorial economies
  • All of the above

Question 15

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Which of the following does not describe the Spanish influences in southwestern life and institutions?
Answer
  • brought new mining, stock raising, ranching methods, and irrigated farming techniques along with new laws, burros, chaps
  • created legal framework for distributing land and water and the distinctive shape of society ( men headed households, women kept full control of property owned before marriage along and held half title to property in a marriage)
  • modified economic caste system, strong Protestant influence, primary use of Spanish language
  • established present day economic structure of the Southwest

Question 16

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What were some of the major mining strikes between 1848 to 1876?
Answer
  • Pikes Peak, Colorado and Carson River Valley, Nevada in 1859
  • Klondike Gold Rush, 1876
  • 1874-1876, Black Hills, Dakota Territory
  • California Gold Rush of 1849, Big Bonanza in 1873, Sierra Nevada

Question 17

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What were some of the natural and economical problems farmers faced in the West?
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  • severe droughts, declining crop prices, swarms of locusts
  • harsh winters, severe droughts in summers, low crop prices, rising railroad rates
  • declining crop prices, rising railroad rates, heavy mortgages, severe droughts, harsh winters, locusts, farmers gave up and left
  • severe droughts, farmers gave up and left, declining crop prices, rising railroad rates, heavy mortgages

Question 18

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What was dry farming?
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  • farmers planted crops that could survive without watering
  • farmers plowed furrows 12-14 inches deep to
  • farmers plowed furrows 12-14 inches deep and created dust mulch to fill the furrows to fertilize their crops
  • farmers plowed furrows 12-14 inches deep and created dust mulch to fill the furrows, loosened soil to slow evaportaion

Question 19

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What new farming methods/inventions developed in the American West to help farmers?
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  • imported a variety of European crops to withstand the harsh winters, and new inventions such as iron plows, spring toothed harrow, grain drill, lister, baling press, hay loader, cord binder, barbed wire, bonanza farms
  • new inventions such as iron plows, spring toothed harrow, grain drill, lister, baling press, hay loader, cord binder, barbed wire
  • dry farming, new inventions such as iron plows, spring toothed harrow, grain drill, lister, baling press, hay loader, cord binder, barbed wire
  • dry farming, new inventions such as iron plows, spring toothed harrow, grain drill, lister, baling press, hay loader, cord binder, barbed wire, bonanza farms

Question 20

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Which of the following were physical and nature-related problems farmers faced in the West....
Answer
  • earthquakes wreaked havoc upon crops and homes
  • farmers lived in sod houses, distant from each other
  • lumber, water, and fences were scarce
  • fearsome winter storms, harsh spring rainstorms, hot summers, swarms of locusts

Question 21

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In cowboy societies back in the West, the rules were governed and enforced, and penalties were issued if broken.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 22

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What events did cattle ranchers adopt rules on during drives?
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  • cattle ownership, roundups, meal allowance
  • cattle ownership, branding, guard duty
  • cattle ownership, pay, meal allowance
  • cattle ownership, branding, roundups

Question 23

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What best describes the typical mining camp of the 19th century?
Answer
  • simple democracy, after strikes, workers organized mining district and adopted rules governing behavior, size and boundaries of claims, and settling disputes
  • men outnumbered women, mixed with foreign born immigrants
  • laws were enforced, minor criminals banished, major offenses were hung after being judged by the district
  • all of the above

Question 24

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Farmers encouraged open range and left land unused for cattle ranchers.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 25

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What is the correct order of the steps in the development of the cattle industry?
Answer
  • Joseph G McCoy had the idea and of using railroads to move cattle, vaqueros developed essential techniques to cattle herding, cowboys began to move cattle by the thousands
  • vaqueros developed essential techniques to cattle herding, Joseph G McCoy had the idea and of using railroads to move cattle, cowboys began to move cattle by the thousands
  • Joseph G McCoy had the idea and of using railroads to move cattle, cowboys began to move cattle by the thousands, vaqueros developed essential techniques to cattle herding
  • vaqueros developed essential techniques to cattle herding, cowboys began to move cattle by the thousands, Joseph G McCoy had the idea and of using railroads to move cattle
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