US HY 2 - Unit 1 Test
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- Q1What two animals were imperative to the Plain Indians?Coyotes and deerLions and zebrasEagles and wolvesBison and horses30s
- Q2What were some tasks typically performed by Native American women in the settlement of the West?Constructing shelters and buildings.Engaging in warfare and protection.Trading and bartering with settlers.Gathering Food, and using matierals from nature to create shelter and buildingsGathering food and materials from nature.Hunting and fishing for food.30s
- Q3What was the primary role of men in Native American culture during the settlement of the West?Art and craftsmanshipHunting and warfareFarming and cookingMedicine and healing30s
- Q4What lured settlers into the West to settle in what would later become known as California?WheatGoldOilCotton30s
- Q5Why were settlers willing to move out west during the 1840’s - 1850’s?Fear of crowded citiesOpportunity for land ownership and economic prosperityDesire for better weatherTo escape political conflicts30s
- Q6What was the cause of the Red River war?Conflicts over land and resourcesReligious tensionsEconomic depressionPolitical disagreements30s
- Q7What military general stated gold was found in the Black Hills region of South Dakota?George Armstrong CusterUlysses S. GrantDouglas MacArthurRobert E. Lee30s
- Q8What was the outcome of the Battle of Little Bighorn?Custer's forces were defeated and Custer himself was killed.Custer's forces were victorious.The battle ended in a truce.The Native American forces were defeated.30s
- Q9What law was passed to force Native Americans to “Americanize” themselves?Emancipation ProclamationSherman Antitrust ActHomestead ActDawes Act30s
- Q10What was the main cause of the Battle of Wounded Knee?The U.S. government's attempt to disarm the Lakota Sioux.A dispute over trade agreements.Religious differences between the Lakota Sioux and the U.S. government.Conflict over territory rights.30s
- Q11How did the federal government encourage settlement out West in the 1860's?By passing the Homestead ActBy restricting access to landBy encouraging migration to the EastBy imposing taxes on settlers30s
- Q12What was the goal of the Populist movement in the late 1800’s?To address the concerns of farmers and laborers and promote their interests.To abolish the two-party system.To establish a monarchy in the United States.To expand the power of the wealthy industrialists.To promote isolationism and restrict immigration.30s
- Q13In what city were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads connected?OmahaDenverPromontory SummitSan Francisco30s
- Q14What were the working conditions like for railroad laborers who built the Pacific Railway?Easy and effortlessDangerous and harshFlexible and relaxedComfortable and pleasant30s
- Q15What two groups were negatively impacted by the development of the railroads?Banks and investorsWomen and childrenImmigrants and factory workersFarmers and Native Americans30s