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Chapter 17 Test. America Expands (1850 - 1900) Western Expansion Indian Affairs International Expansion. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

One of the most famous judges of the West was Isaac Charles Parker, better known as
a) Judge and Jury
b) The Hanging Judge
c) The Wild Wild West Judge
d) Top Federal Man

Which act, passed in 1862, aimed at encouraging Western Expansion by providing settlers with public land?
a) The Homestead Act
b) The Dawes Act
c) The Emigration Act
d) The Western Expansion Act

What were Soddies commonly known in the 19th century American Midwest?
a) A type of dish
b) A form of currency
c) A style of dance
d) A type of house made from prairie sod

“Range wars” often developed between who?
a) Ranchers and Cattleman
b) Cattle Drivers and Range Masters
c) Farmers and Market
d) Cattlemen and Farmers

The two railroad companies that were given charters to build the first transcontinental railroad
a) Union Pacific and Central Atlantic
b) Central Pacific and Amtrak
c) Union Pacific and Central Pacific
d) CX and Union Amtrak

Gold rush in 1859 resulted in the settlement of Colorado.
a) California
b) Klondike
c) Big Bend
d) Pikes Peak

In May 1869, the driving of the golden spike near this location, marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
a) Promontory Point
b) El Paso
c) Spokane
d) Santa Fe

One element of the American West was the cattle drive. Cowboys herded the cattle across the “open ranges” to these locations.
a) Southern railroad terminals.
b) Northern railroad terminals.
c) Eastern railroad terminals.
d) Western railroad terminals.

What is NOT one of the dangers that cattle drivers faced
a) stampedes
b) cattle thieves
c) over abundance of water
d) Indian attacks

What is NOT one of the reasons the open-range cattle industry ended in the 1880s
a) hot summers
b) overgrazing
c) cold winters
d) expanding railroads

_________ Indians, tribes such as the Cheyenne, the Comanche, and the Sioux.
a) Creek
b) Eastern
c) Southern
d) Plains

The goal of the Indian Wars for the American government was to force the tribes onto _____________.
a) good fertile land
b) tribal land
c) spiritually important land
d) reservations

The climax of the Indian Wars is commonly known as the ________ War.
a) Sioux
b) Powhatan
c) Cherokee
d) Pawnee

_________ __________ _________ became a renowned Indian fighter.
a) General Robert Lee
b) George Armstrong Custer
c) Hiram Ulysses Grant
d) Captain Nathan Algren

________ _________ was a Sioux political leader.
a) Crazy Horse
b) Sitting Bull
c) Chief Joseph
d) Geronimo

Under __________ ____________ leadership, the Sioux warriors fought one of the most unified, best-organized Indian campaigns in history.
a) Crazy Horse's
b) Sitting Bull
c) Chief Joseph
d) Geronimo

The Apache leader __________ and a small band of Indians fought for several years, frustrating the army’s attempts to force them onto a reservation.
a) Crazy Horse
b) Sitting Bull
c) Chief Joseph
d) Geronimo

The Nez Perce leader ___________ ___________ conducted a masterful campaign to save his tribal lands or at least lead his people to refuge in Canada.
a) Crazy Horse
b) Sitting Bull
c) Chief Joseph
d) Geronimo

The ___________ __________ massacre was a horrific conclusion to the Indian Wars.
a) Bull Run
b) Thermopylae Pass
c) Wounded Knee
d) Reservation War

In 1881, Helen Hunt Jackson published __ ________ __ _________, a work portraying the government’s ruthless and often dishonorable dealings with the Indians.
a) A Century of Dishonor
b) Border Law: The First Seminole War
c) The People are Dancing Again
d) The Heartbreak of Wounded Knee

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