Chapter 16

In 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota,

the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred two hundred Indians.

The Dawes Act of 1887

was viewed by the United States government as a plan to save the Indians.

In 1890, the "Ghost Dance"

was a spiritual revival among Plains Indians.

In the late nineteenth century, the popular image of the American West

All these answers are correct.

The Indian leader who said, "I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever", was

Chief Joseph.

In the 1880s, the open range cattle industry declined as a result of

drought.

The decimation of American buffalo herds in the late nineteenth century

happened almost entirely in the space of a single decade, destroying the ability of Plains Indians to resist the advance of white settlers. All these answers are correct.

Which of the following was NOT a significant source of resentment for the late nineteenth-century farmers?

neighboring farms

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

resulted in the deportation of half of the Chinese in the United States.

The 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn

was a short-lived Indian victory.