Chapter 5; Section 1 Pp.202-211ah
Chapter 5-1 Cultures Clash on the Prairie
- 1.This was the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas.
- A.
Goodnight Loving
- B.
Chisholm
- C.
Western
- D.
Sedalia
- 2.This ritual was supposed to restore the the Native American way of life.
- A.
The Sun Dance
- B.
The Buffalo Dance
- C.
The Ghost Dance
- D.
The River Dance
- 3.Which of the following helped extend the hunting area of the Native Americans while also often causing them to clash with neighboring tribes?
- A.
Buffalo
- B.
Wagon Train
- C.
Desire for gold
- D.
Horse
- 4.This resulted when the peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho were attacked without warning by the US Army. Over 150 inhabitants werw killed, mostly women and children.
- A.
Sand Creek Massacre
- B.
Battle of Wounded Knee
- C.
Red River War
- D.
Battleof the 100 slain
- 5.This was supposed to "Americanize" the Indians by encouraging in them the desire to own and farm property.
- A.
Treaty of Fort Laramie
- B.
The Long Drive
- C.
Dawes Act
- D.
Destruction of the buffalo
- 6.This battle resulted in the closing of the Bozeman Trail and the Treaty of Fort Laramie.
- A.
Fetterman's Massacre
- B.
Custer's Last Stand
- C.
Red River War
- D.
Wounded Knee
- 7.This colonel's bad judgment in attacking the Sioux and Cheyenne at The Little Bighorn resulted in his death and that of the 7th Cavalry.
- A.
William Fetterman
- B.
John Chivington
- C.
George Custer
- D.
Phillip Sheridan
- 8.The biggest blow to tribal life on the plains was the
- A.
Destruction of the buffalo
- B.
Invention of the six shooter
- C.
Reservation system
- D.
Growing demand for beef
- 9.Which of the following words related to cowboy was not influenced by the Mexican vocabulary?
- A.
Buckeroo
- B.
Mustangs
- C.
Saddle
- D.
Rodeo
- 10.The end of the long drive and cattle frontier was a result of all of the following except:
- A.
Barbed wire
- B.
Overgrazing
- C.
Bad weather
- D.
Stampedes
- 11.HWhich of the following was not central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians inthe 1800s?
- A.
The horse
- B.
The buffalo
- C.
The extended family
- D.
Land ownership
- 12.The boomtown was a result of events such as
- A.
The long drive ending in Abilene
- B.
Gold discovered in Colorado
- C.
Battles with Indians
- D.
The reservation system
- 13.All of the following are true of Sitting Bull except:
- A.
He was chief of the Arapaho
- B.
He toured with Buffalo Bill's wild West Show
- C.
He helped to defeat the U.S. Army at Little Bighorn
- D.
He encouraged the Ghost Dance movement
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