Chapter 11 quiz-let test march 6
During the building of the two parts of the transcontinental railroad, two ethnic groups made up the majority of workers the ________, who worked on the central pacific, were paid less, and performed the most dangerous tasks; and the ______, who worked on the Union Pacific crossing the Great Plains.
Chinese for blank 1 Irish for blank 2
WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. The _____ Trail was one of the most popular routes for cattle drives.
Chisholm
WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. ___ Led the 7th Calvary in the Battle of Little Bighorn
George Custer
Which of these groups settled on the Great Plains during the late 1800s? Choose the FOUR correct answers
Germans Exodusters Russians Scandinavians
Which of these laws helped promote western settlement following the Civil War?
Homestead act
Why was the Cattle Kingdom important for the rest of the United States?
It provided an important source of employment for thousands of people in the West.
Why were the Louisiana Purchase important to the growth of the United States?
It roughly doubled the size of the country
WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. In 1803 Congress approved the __, which added former French territory in the West to the US.
LA Purchase
WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were known as __
mormons
WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. ____ were fur traders and trappers who lived west of the rocky mountains and in the pacific northwerst
mountain men
WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. Formed in 1867, the ____ was a social and educational organization for farmers.
national grange
Santa Fe trial
trade
What year did the Louisiana Purchase take place?
1803
WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. The ___ Trail, which ran from Missouri to New Mexico, was an important route for trade between American and Mexican merchants.
Santa Fe
During the late 1800s, two reformers critical of us policy regarding Native Americans included _______ whose book, Life Among the Paiutes, described traditional Native American life, and _____, whose book, A Century of Dishonor, called for fairer government policy toward Native American groups.
Sarah Winnemucca for blank 1 Helen Hunt Jackson for blank 2
WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. A Paiute Indian named _____ worked hard to reform the reservation system.
Sarah Winnemussa
Which of these events is considered the last major incident between the US and Native Americans on the Great Plains?
Wounded Knee Massacre
Free Silver Movement
backing paper currency with silver
How did the US government attempt to "Americanize" Native American children in the late 1800s?
by sending them to boarding schools and having them give up traditional customs
WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. The huge deposit of gold and silver found in Nevada in 1859 was known as the ___.
comstock lode
Which of these were effects of the transcontinental railroad? Choose the THREE correct answers.
faster transportation between regions more raw materials shipped to the East more manufactured goods shipped to the West
National Gange
federal regulation of railroad rates
Oregon Trail
fertile land
Populist Party
government ownership of telegraphs, telephones, and railroads
WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. The ____ gave government-owned land to small farmers. In return the farmers had to live on the land for at least 5 years.
homestead act
Mormon trail
religious freedom