Question 1

Match each Indian chief below with his tribe.

Accepted Answer

A)  A-1, B-2, C-3 
B)  A-3, B-4, C-1 
C)  A-2, B-4, C-3 
D)  A-4, B-3, C-2 
E)  A-1, B-3, C-4 
A)  A-1, B-2, C-3 
B)  A-3, B-4, C-1 
C)  A-2, B-4, C-3 
D)  A-4, B-3, C-2 
E)  A-1, B-3, C-4 B

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the Sooner State.

Accepted Answer

Name for the state of Oklahoma referring to the sooners who moved prematurely to Oklahoma looking for land to be transferred from American Indians to white settlers.

Question 3

Describe the process of resettling the Nez Perce from northeastern Oregon to Kansas.

Accepted Answer

The process of resettling the Nez Perce from northeastern Oregon to Kansas was a forced and traumatic experience for the tribe. In 1877, the U.S. government ordered the Nez Perce to leave their ancestral lands and relocate to a reservation in Kansas. This decision was met with resistance from the Nez Perce, leading to the Nez Perce War, a series of conflicts between the tribe and the U.S. Army.

During the war, the Nez Perce attempted to flee to Canada to avoid resettlement, but they were eventually captured and forced to surrender. The tribe was then forcibly relocated to the reservation in Kansas, a harsh and unfamiliar environment that was vastly different from their traditional homeland.

The resettlement process was marked by hardship and suffering for the Nez Perce, as they struggled to adapt to their new surroundings and way of life. Many Nez Perce people died due to disease, starvation, and the harsh conditions of their new home.

Overall, the process of resettling the Nez Perce from northeastern Oregon to Kansas was a tragic and unjust chapter in the history of the tribe, as they were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands and subjected to immense suffering and loss.

Question 4

What do you think was the major technological innovation that influenced life on the Great Plains frontier? Why?

Accepted Answer

The major technological innovation that

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Sitting Bull.

Accepted Answer

Man who led the Cheyenne and A

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the mining industry.

Accepted Answer

The rise of corporat

Question 7

What tactics were used by the U.S. government and Christian reformers to assimilate American Indians?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. government and Christian reform

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of A Century of Dishonor.

Accepted Answer

Book published by He

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Chief Joseph.

Accepted Answer

Leader of

Question 10

The Buffalo Soldiers were

Accepted Answer

A)  U. S. Army units who survived on the plains by killing buffalo. 
B)  African American cavalry and soldiers who served in the frontier wars. 
C)  soldiers who sought to defeat the Indians by depriving them of their primary food supply. 
D)  soldiers who were killed in the Fetterman massacre. 
E)  soldiers who were court martialed for assisting Plains Indians with food and other provisions. 
A)  U. S. Army units who survived on the plains by killing buffalo. 
B)  African American cavalry and soldiers who served in the frontier wars. 
C)  soldiers who sought to defeat the Indians by depriving them of their primary food supply. 
D)  soldiers who were killed in the Fetterman massacre. 
E)  soldiers who were court martialed for assisting Plains Indians with food and other provisions.

Question 11

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Dawes Severalty Act is passed; (B) Oklahoma land rush takes place; (C) Indians are granted full citizenship; and (D) Congress restores the tribal basis of Indian life.

Accepted Answer

A)  A, B, C, D 
B)  B, A, C, D 
C)  A, D, B, C 
D)  D, C, A, B 
E)  C, B, D, A 
A)  A, B, C, D 
B)  B, A, C, D 
C)  A, D, B, C 
D)  D, C, A, B 
E)  C, B, D, A

Question 12

The Indians battled whites for all the following reasons EXCEPT to

Accepted Answer

A)  rescue their families who had been exiled to Oklahoma. 
B)  avenge savage massacres of Indians by whites. 
C)  punish whites for breaking treaties. 
D)  defend their lands against white invaders. 
E)  preserve their nomadic way of life against forced settlement. 
A)  rescue their families who had been exiled to Oklahoma. 
B)  avenge savage massacres of Indians by whites. 
C)  punish whites for breaking treaties. 
D)  defend their lands against white invaders. 
E)  preserve their nomadic way of life against forced settlement.

Question 13

Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona, was centered around

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A)  the cruel mistreatment of Indians in California. 
B)  the cheating of Indians by federal agents on the reservations. 
C)  the efforts of Christian reformers to prevent the killing of Indians. 
D)  an Indian girl's attempt to retain her culture in an Indian boarding school. 
E)  the last Indian wars between the U.S. army and the Apaches in the Southwest. 
A)  the cruel mistreatment of Indians in California. 
B)  the cheating of Indians by federal agents on the reservations. 
C)  the efforts of Christian reformers to prevent the killing of Indians. 
D)  an Indian girl's attempt to retain her culture in an Indian boarding school. 
E)  the last Indian wars between the U.S. army and the Apaches in the Southwest.

Question 14

In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military after the Civil War,

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A)  the Indians were never as well armed as the soldiers. 
B)  the U.S. army was able to dominate with its superior technology. 
C)  there was often great cruelty and massacres on both sides. 
D)  Indians proved to be no match for the soldiers. 
E)  Indians and soldiers seldom came into face-to-face combat. 
A)  the Indians were never as well armed as the soldiers. 
B)  the U.S. army was able to dominate with its superior technology. 
C)  there was often great cruelty and massacres on both sides. 
D)  Indians proved to be no match for the soldiers. 
E)  Indians and soldiers seldom came into face-to-face combat.

Question 15

For white American treaty makers, Indian tribes were

Accepted Answer

A)  revered as having the authority to organize and lead scattered Native Americans. 
B)  considered as an appropriate and efficient way to organize Native American scattered over thousands of miles. 
C)  a fiction of the white imagination. 
D)  a better alternative to the scattered bands that they had had in the past. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  revered as having the authority to organize and lead scattered Native Americans. 
B)  considered as an appropriate and efficient way to organize Native American scattered over thousands of miles. 
C)  a fiction of the white imagination. 
D)  a better alternative to the scattered bands that they had had in the past. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the Treaty of Fort Laramie.

Accepted Answer

The Feds abandoned the Bozeman

Question 17

In post-Civil War America, Plains Indians surrendered their lands ONLY when they

Accepted Answer

A)  chose to migrate farther west. 
B)  received solemn promises from the government that they would be left alone and provided with supplies on the remaining land. 
C)  lost their mobility as the whites killed their horses. 
D)  were allowed to control the supply of food and other staples to the reservations. 
E)  were defeated militarily by the U.S. Army in various Indian wars. 
A)  chose to migrate farther west. 
B)  received solemn promises from the government that they would be left alone and provided with supplies on the remaining land. 
C)  lost their mobility as the whites killed their horses. 
D)  were allowed to control the supply of food and other staples to the reservations. 
E)  were defeated militarily by the U.S. Army in various Indian wars.

Question 18

How does the new Western history revive the idea of the West's uniqueness in American history? How does it differ from the Turner thesis? How does the West compare as a distinctive American region with New England, the South, or the Midwest?

Accepted Answer

The new Western history revives the idea

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of J. M. Chivington.

Accepted Answer

Colonel of the Color

Question 20

How did water scarcity and livestock impact the interactions between Indian tribes and between Indian tribes and white settlers?

Accepted Answer

Water scarcity and livestock had a signi

Exam 25: The Conquest of the West

Match each Indian chief below with his tribe.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Sooner State.

Describe the process of resettling the Nez Perce from northeastern Oregon to Kansas.

What do you think was the major technological innovation that influenced life on the Great Plains frontier? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of Sitting Bull.

Identify and state the historical significance of the mining industry.

What tactics were used by the U.S. government and Christian reformers to assimilate American Indians?

Identify and state the historical significance of A Century of Dishonor.

Identify and state the historical significance of Chief Joseph.

The Buffalo Soldiers were

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Dawes Severalty Act is passed; (B) Oklahoma land rush takes place; (C) Indians are granted full citizenship; and (D) Congress restores the tribal basis of Indian life.

The Indians battled whites for all the following reasons EXCEPT to

Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona, was centered around

In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military after the Civil War,

For white American treaty makers, Indian tribes were

Identify and state the historical significance of the Treaty of Fort Laramie.

In post-Civil War America, Plains Indians surrendered their lands ONLY when they

How does the new Western history revive the idea of the West's uniqueness in American history? How does it differ from the Turner thesis? How does the West compare as a distinctive American region with New England, the South, or the Midwest?

Identify and state the historical significance of J. M. Chivington.

How did water scarcity and livestock impact the interactions between Indian tribes and between Indian tribes and white settlers?

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