APUSH CH 16 quiz review

one problem with the Homestead Act?

160 acres were inadequate for productive farming on the rain-scarce Great Plains.

the rocky mountain school of painting helped..?

inspire the growth of tourism in the west

in the 1840's and 1850's, in the west, the response by white americans to the chinese...?

moved from initial acceptance to gradual hostility

to assimilate indians into american society, the dawes act DID NOT

outlaw the sacred sun dance.

the root cause of the American farmers' problem after 1880 was?

overproduction of agricultural goods.

in "the significance of the frontier in american history", frederick jackson turner claimed..

that the end of the "frontier" also marked the end of one of the most democratizing forces in American life.

the sand creek massacre of 1864 involved..?

the killing of indian women and children

in the mid-nineteenth century, the Plains Indians were...?

the most widespread Indian groups in the West

a major problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains in the 1870's?

the scarcity of water.

The chinese from california became the major source of labor for the transcontinental railroad because..?

they worked for lower wages than what whites would accept

a primary goal of the Dawes Severalty Act (1887) was to..?

turn American Indians into property-owning, profit-oriented, individual farmers.

the buffalo were nearly exterminated through..?

wholesale butchery by whites

in 1890, the ghost dance was..?

a spiritual revival among Plains Indians

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882..?

banned Chinese in the US from becoming naturalized citizens