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25 Cards in this Set
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The westward expansion had all of the following effects except:
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Vast wealth for many pioneers
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Which statement best describes the cultures of the tribes that lived throughout the west?
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The wide spectrum of tribes had successfully adapted their lives to a variety of environments.
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All of the following factors resulted in many Indian deaths on the Great Plains except:
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Indians always refusing to move to new land
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An American force commanded by George A. Custer was overwhelmed during the
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Battle of Little Big Horn
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White pioneers on the Great Plains faced all of the following problems except:
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The loud clamoring of crowded neighbors who rushed to build housing
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Effects of the Dawes Act included
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More Indian land being owned by whites
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What event in 1848 started a huge influx of whites into Indian Territory?
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The discovery of gold in Indian territories
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A common element among all tribes of the West was their:
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Belief that nature was to be shared and not privately owned
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Whites destroyed the buffalo herds for all of the following reasons except:
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The government believed the Indians would survive better with fewer buffalo
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Whites had originally been reluctant to settle on the western plains because
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They believed the region had little potential for agriculture
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Before 1850, who was the dominant power on the north and the central Great Plains?
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The warrior- hunters of the Sioux tribe
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Which town was the starting point on the Oregon Trail?
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Independence, Missouri
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The greatest cause of the 5,000 deaths that occurred on the Oregon Trail was:
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Disease
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The results of the Fort Laramie Treaty included:
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Only a brief standoff between the Sioux and the U.S. government
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The central Pacific Railroad company relied heavily on the low- paid, hard work done by:
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Chinese immigrants
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What happened at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890?
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At least 150 Sioux men, woman, and children were slaughtered
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All of the following statements are true about typical mining towns except:
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As town developed, local agriculture and transportation decrease
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Mining eventually became a corporate operation because:
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Massive capital investment is equipment was conductive to financial success
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The development of mining technology resulted in
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Less use of skilled labor
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Poor conditions for miners resulted in
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Widespread unionization movements by miners
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All of the following tribes lived in the Great Plains except the:
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Chinooks
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The cattle industry and “cattle drive” originated in
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Texas
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The Chisholm Trail was used to
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Drive cattle northward
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All of the following statements are true about the cowboys except:
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Landowners never stopped cowboys from the practice of ‘marvericking’ cattle.
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The Homestead Act:
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Guaranteed free acres of land to citizens who farmed the land for five years.
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