Chapter 19- Transforming West

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The westward expansion had all of the following effects except:

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Vast wealth for many pioneers

Front 2

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.

Front 3

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.