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Treeless Wasteland was how the settlers referred to the Great Plains
a) BEFORE the Civil War
b) AFTER the Civil War
c) both are correct
d) neither are correct

Which of the following is a physical feature of the Great Plains?
a) flat lands
b) barbed wire
c) railroads
d) sod houses

Which of the following is a reason for westward expansion?
a) Moving to better water access
b) Opportunity to own land
c) Opportunity to own slaves
d) Political Stability

Learning to speak the English language is an example of
a) Violence
b) American Indian assimilation
c) American Settler assimilation
d) Retreat

Which of the following is an example of an invention/adaptation used by westward settlers?
a) Cotton Gin
b) IPhone
c) Steel Plow
d) Dust pan

Who was defeated and killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
a) Sitting Bull
b) General Custer
c) Geronimo
d) Chief Joseph

What was significant about the Massacre at Wounded Knee?
a) It was a major victory for the American Indians.
b) It was an attempted escape to Canada.
c) It was the end of the Great Plains wars.
d) None of these are correct.

Who opposed westward expansion by fighting in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
a) Chief Joseph
b) Geronimo
c) Sitting Bull
d) Pocahontas

Who was forced to relocate his tribe to a reservation?
a) Chief Joseph
b) Geronimo
c) Sitting Bull
d) Pocahontas

Who escaped the U.S. Army and ran away?
a) Chief Joseph
b) Geronimo
c) Sitting Bull
d) Pocahontas

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