Exam 15: The West Opening the West

What was the result of Native American children's education in white reformers' schools?

The economic exploitation of the far West after the Civil War relied heavily on

Which of the following beliefs did Mormons and Native Americans share?

How did mining towns differ from older eastern cities?

The Great Plains became the center of the American cattle industry because

Californios were granted U.S. citizenship under the

Senator Henry Dawes's belief that following Puritan values would allow Indians to integrate into white society showed a lack of understanding of

What motivated Nevada rancher Juan José Herrera to organize the vigilante group known as the White Caps?

Based on Map 15.1, The American West, 1860-1900, which of the following transcontinental railroads relied most heavily on railroad land grants?

Which group migrated to the United States partly in response to the British Opium Wars?

Charles Dana Wilber's vision for the settlement of Nebraska was inspired by

What did Indians have to do to receive 160 acres of land and American citizenship under the Dawes Act of 1887?

Efforts to enforce segregation among cowboys were impeded by

Who of the following shared General William Tecumseh Sherman's view that "hostile" Indians should be either destroyed or subjugated?

To complete the project, in 1869 the two crews who built the transcontinental railroad met at

Nineteenth-century critics of Mormon polygamy compared the practice to

How did the depth at which gold and silver deposits were buried impact the mining process?

In the nineteenth century, who theorized that all cultures evolved from savagery to civilization?

The corrupt practices of Union Pacific railroad developers-which resulted in a congressional investigation-included the creation of a fake company called

On what conditions did the Homestead Act let settlers claim 160 acres of prairie farmland for free?