Question 1

Describe life in Virginia City, Nevada, in the 1870s.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Diverse Mi

Question 2

What occurred under the "outing system" of the 1880s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Young children from rural areas were sent to live with families in cities. 
B)  Indian children were forced to live with white families over summer vacation. 
C)  Indian children who did not succeed at school were returned to their tribes. 
D)  White men who had taken Indian wives were asked to leave the reservation. 
A)  Young children from rural areas were sent to live with families in cities. 
B)  Indian children were forced to live with white families over summer vacation. 
C)  Indian children who did not succeed at school were returned to their tribes. 
D)  White men who had taken Indian wives were asked to leave the reservation.

Question 3

Match the term with the definition.
-Mountains in western South Dakota and northeast Wyoming that are sacred to the Lakota Sioux. In the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, the United States guaranteed Indians control of the land but broke its promise after gold was discovered there in 1874.

Accepted Answer

A) Battle of the Little Big Horn 
B) Black Hills 
C) Carlisle Indian School 
D) Chinese Exclusion Act 
E) Comanchería
F)Comstock Lode
G)Dawes Allotment Act
H)first transcontinental railroad
I)Ghost Dance
J)Homestead Act of 1862
K)reservations
L)Wounded Knee 
A) Battle of the Little Big Horn 
B) Black Hills 
C) Carlisle Indian School 
D) Chinese Exclusion Act 
E) Comanchería
F)Comstock Lode
G)Dawes Allotment Act
H)first transcontinental railroad
I)Ghost Dance
J)Homestead Act of 1862
K)reservations
L)Wounded Knee

Question 4

What was the Comstock Lode?

Accepted Answer

A)  A vein of gold discovered by prospector Henry Comstock 
B)  The richest vein of silver ore found on the North American continent 
C)  A complicated piece of machinery designed to extract silver from mines 
D)  The largest mining company ever formed in the American West 
A)  A vein of gold discovered by prospector Henry Comstock 
B)  The richest vein of silver ore found on the North American continent 
C)  A complicated piece of machinery designed to extract silver from mines 
D)  The largest mining company ever formed in the American West

Question 5

Which of the following describes women in Virginia City by 1870?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were still outnumbered by men at a ratio of ten to one. 
B)  They complained about the city's filth, lawlessness, and disorder. 
C)  They worked primarily in dancehalls, saloons, and brothels. 
D)  They worked primarily as housekeepers. 
A)  They were still outnumbered by men at a ratio of ten to one. 
B)  They complained about the city's filth, lawlessness, and disorder. 
C)  They worked primarily in dancehalls, saloons, and brothels. 
D)  They worked primarily as housekeepers.

Question 6

Match the term with the definition.
-Railroad completed in 1869 that was the first to span North America. Built in large part by Chinese laborers, it and others opened access to new areas, fueled land speculation, and actively recruited settlers.

Accepted Answer

A) Battle of the Little Big Horn 
B) Black Hills 
C) Carlisle Indian School 
D) Chinese Exclusion Act 
E) Comanchería
F)Comstock Lode
G)Dawes Allotment Act
H)first transcontinental railroad
I)Ghost Dance
J)Homestead Act of 1862
K)reservations
L)Wounded Knee 
A) Battle of the Little Big Horn 
B) Black Hills 
C) Carlisle Indian School 
D) Chinese Exclusion Act 
E) Comanchería
F)Comstock Lode
G)Dawes Allotment Act
H)first transcontinental railroad
I)Ghost Dance
J)Homestead Act of 1862
K)reservations
L)Wounded Knee

Question 7

Match the term with the definition.
-1890 massacre of Sioux Indians by American cavalry in South Dakota. Sent to suppress the Ghost Dance, the soldiers opened fire on the Sioux as they attempted to surrender. More than two hundred Sioux men, women, and children were killed.

Accepted Answer

A) Battle of the Little Big Horn 
B) Black Hills 
C) Carlisle Indian School 
D) Chinese Exclusion Act 
E) Comanchería
F)Comstock Lode
G)Dawes Allotment Act
H)first transcontinental railroad
I)Ghost Dance
J)Homestead Act of 1862
K)reservations
L)Wounded Knee 
A) Battle of the Little Big Horn 
B) Black Hills 
C) Carlisle Indian School 
D) Chinese Exclusion Act 
E) Comanchería
F)Comstock Lode
G)Dawes Allotment Act
H)first transcontinental railroad
I)Ghost Dance
J)Homestead Act of 1862
K)reservations
L)Wounded Knee

Question 8

Why did the Plains Indians sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie, which ceded some of their land to allow the passage of wagon trains?

Accepted Answer

A)  They depended on trade with white settlers. 
B)  They wanted to protect their favored status with the U.S. government. 
C)  They believed it would help them to displace weaker tribes. 
D)  They hoped to preserve their culture in the face of white onslaught. 
A)  They depended on trade with white settlers. 
B)  They wanted to protect their favored status with the U.S. government. 
C)  They believed it would help them to displace weaker tribes. 
D)  They hoped to preserve their culture in the face of white onslaught.

Question 9

What was the Ghost Dance religion? Why was it so important to those who participated in it? Why did it frighten the white settlers in the West?

Accepted Answer

The message of the Ghost Dance spoke abo

Question 10

Match the term with the definition.
-Silver ore deposit discovered in 1859 in Nevada. Discovery of the ore touched off a mining rush that brought a diverse population into the region and led to the establishment of a number of boomtowns, including Virginia City, Nevada.

Accepted Answer

A) Battle of the Little Big Horn 
B) Black Hills 
C) Carlisle Indian School 
D) Chinese Exclusion Act 
E) Comanchería
F)Comstock Lode
G)Dawes Allotment Act
H)first transcontinental railroad
I)Ghost Dance
J)Homestead Act of 1862
K)reservations
L)Wounded Knee 
A) Battle of the Little Big Horn 
B) Black Hills 
C) Carlisle Indian School 
D) Chinese Exclusion Act 
E) Comanchería
F)Comstock Lode
G)Dawes Allotment Act
H)first transcontinental railroad
I)Ghost Dance
J)Homestead Act of 1862
K)reservations
L)Wounded Knee

Question 11

What was the outcome of the Dawes Allotment Act of 1887?

Accepted Answer

A)  Expansion of the area covered by the reservation system to include all Native Americans 
B)  Division of reservations and allotment of individual plots of land to Native Americans 
C)  Prohibition of white settlement in Oklahoma 
D)  Restoration of much of the land in the Southwest to Native Americans 
A)  Expansion of the area covered by the reservation system to include all Native Americans 
B)  Division of reservations and allotment of individual plots of land to Native Americans 
C)  Prohibition of white settlement in Oklahoma 
D)  Restoration of much of the land in the Southwest to Native Americans

Question 12

Most people associate the clash of cultures in the trans-Mississippi West after the Civil War with the continuing antagonism between Native Americans and white settlers. The cultural conflict in this region, however, was actually much more complex. Discuss the various groups of people settling the West in this era. Who were they, where did they come from, and what were they seeking?

Accepted Answer

This group came from east of the Mississ

Question 13

What were the "chips" that served as the most prevalent form of fuel used for cooking and heating in the plains in the latter half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coal that had spilled from railroad cars 
B)  Charred wood leftover from Indian bonfires 
C)  Twigs, old corncobs, and sunflower stalks 
D)  Chunks of dried cattle and buffalo dung 
A)  Coal that had spilled from railroad cars 
B)  Charred wood leftover from Indian bonfires 
C)  Twigs, old corncobs, and sunflower stalks 
D)  Chunks of dried cattle and buffalo dung

Question 14

When Americans spoke of the West after the Civil War, to what areas were they referring? Describe the various ways in which people hoped to make a living in the West in the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The New We

Question 15

Chinese immigrants made up what proportion of the workforce that built America's first transcontinental railroad?

Accepted Answer

A)  20 percent 
B)  50 percent 
C)  90 percent 
D)  100 percent 
A)  20 percent 
B)  50 percent 
C)  90 percent 
D)  100 percent

Question 16

Which of the following is true of labor unions in the western mining industry?

Accepted Answer

A)  They formed early and held considerable bargaining power. 
B)  They did little to help workers in the event of an accident or sickness. 
C)  They held little appeal for workers. 
D)  They had no success organizing in the West. 
A)  They formed early and held considerable bargaining power. 
B)  They did little to help workers in the event of an accident or sickness. 
C)  They held little appeal for workers. 
D)  They had no success organizing in the West.

Question 17

Who led the Great Sioux Uprising in 1862?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sitting Bull 
B)  Little Crow 
C)  Red Cloud 
D)  Crazy Horse 
A)  Sitting Bull 
B)  Little Crow 
C)  Red Cloud 
D)  Crazy Horse

Question 18

Who was Geronimo?

Accepted Answer

A)  A Sioux warrior and chieftain who regularly defeated the U.S. army on the Great Plains 
B)  The Nez Percé leader who said, "I will fight no more forever." 
C)  A Cheyenne warrior and chieftain who led pitched battles against both Mexican and U.S. armies 
D)  An Apache warrior and chieftain who led raiding parties and burned ranches on both sides of the Mexican border 
A)  A Sioux warrior and chieftain who regularly defeated the U.S. army on the Great Plains 
B)  The Nez Percé leader who said, "I will fight no more forever." 
C)  A Cheyenne warrior and chieftain who led pitched battles against both Mexican and U.S. armies 
D)  An Apache warrior and chieftain who led raiding parties and burned ranches on both sides of the Mexican border

Question 19

Which fleeing Indian tribe was hunted down by the U.S. army just 50 miles from Canada in 1877?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nez Percé 
B)  Shoshoni 
C)  Apache 
D)  Crow 
A)  Nez Percé 
B)  Shoshoni 
C)  Apache 
D)  Crow

Question 20

Which of the following explains why the U.S. army gunned down unarmed Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota in 1890?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was rumored that the Indians were waiting to ambush the troops. 
B)  American soldiers feared an uprising provoked by a militant interpretation of the Ghost Dance religion. 
C)  The Sioux had refused to sign a new treaty that relinquished land surrounding the Creek. 
D)  Troops had been ordered to wipe out all Native Americans in the area. 
A)  It was rumored that the Indians were waiting to ambush the troops. 
B)  American soldiers feared an uprising provoked by a militant interpretation of the Ghost Dance religion. 
C)  The Sioux had refused to sign a new treaty that relinquished land surrounding the Creek. 
D)  Troops had been ordered to wipe out all Native Americans in the area.

Exam 17: The Contested West

Describe life in Virginia City, Nevada, in the 1870s.

What occurred under the "outing system" of the 1880s?

Match the term with the definition. -Mountains in western South Dakota and northeast Wyoming that are sacred to the Lakota Sioux. In the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, the United States guaranteed Indians control of the land but broke its promise after gold was discovered there in 1874.

What was the Comstock Lode?

Which of the following describes women in Virginia City by 1870?

Match the term with the definition. -Railroad completed in 1869 that was the first to span North America. Built in large part by Chinese laborers, it and others opened access to new areas, fueled land speculation, and actively recruited settlers.

Match the term with the definition. -1890 massacre of Sioux Indians by American cavalry in South Dakota. Sent to suppress the Ghost Dance, the soldiers opened fire on the Sioux as they attempted to surrender. More than two hundred Sioux men, women, and children were killed.

Why did the Plains Indians sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie, which ceded some of their land to allow the passage of wagon trains?

What was the Ghost Dance religion? Why was it so important to those who participated in it? Why did it frighten the white settlers in the West?

Match the term with the definition. -Silver ore deposit discovered in 1859 in Nevada. Discovery of the ore touched off a mining rush that brought a diverse population into the region and led to the establishment of a number of boomtowns, including Virginia City, Nevada.

What was the outcome of the Dawes Allotment Act of 1887?

What were the "chips" that served as the most prevalent form of fuel used for cooking and heating in the plains in the latter half of the nineteenth century?

When Americans spoke of the West after the Civil War, to what areas were they referring? Describe the various ways in which people hoped to make a living in the West in the nineteenth century.

Chinese immigrants made up what proportion of the workforce that built America's first transcontinental railroad?

Which of the following is true of labor unions in the western mining industry?

Who led the Great Sioux Uprising in 1862?

Who was Geronimo?

Which fleeing Indian tribe was hunted down by the U.S. army just 50 miles from Canada in 1877?

Which of the following explains why the U.S. army gunned down unarmed Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota in 1890?

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