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Ch. 2 Review
American West
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who wrote a book about the unfair treatment of Indians? | Helen Hunt Jackson |
| Who invented the reaper, which helped farmers harvest crops on the Great Plains? | Cyrus McCormick |
| Who was a famous leader of the Seventh Cavalry who met his end at Little Bighorn? | George Custer |
| This gave settlers 160 acres of free land on the Great Plains: | Homestead Act |
| This law abolished Indian tribes and tried to make Indians farmers: | Dawes Act |
| The Great Plains Indians relied on _________ for food, clothing, and shelter: | buffalo |
| Which states are part of the Great Plains? | Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, or Texas |
| Describe the climate of the Great Plains. | hot summers, very cold winters, very little rain |
| What was discovered in the Black Hills that caused the federal government to break its treaty with the Sioux and take their land in South Dakota? | gold |
| On May 10, 1869, what was finally completed? | the first transcontinental railroad |
| The last battle between the Indians and the U.S. Army happened in 1890 at | Wounded Knee |
| The long drive would begin in ___________ and end in __________. | Texas; Abilene |
| The open range came to an end with the | invention of barbed wire in 1873 |
| Which of the following terms does not belong? Custer’s Last Stand; The Battle at Little Bighorn; the Sioux; Chief Joseph | Chief Joseph |
| Who were the first to raise cattle in the American Southwest? | early Spanish settlers |
| Who built the transcontinental railroad? | Irish and Chinese immigrants; African Americans; Civil war veterans |
| Before 1860, there were about _______ buffalo and by 1903 there were only ____ left in the U.S. | 12 million; 34 |
| Colonel John Chivington attacked a peaceful group of ___________ in 1864. | Cheyenne |
| Who invented barbed wire? | Joseph Glidden |
| When the railroads were completed, a gold one of these was used to connect the railroads together. | spike |
| This means having very little money. | poverty |
| This is the land where cattle grazed. | open range |
| These were places where Indians were forced to live. | reservations |
| This means “across the continent.” | transcontinental |
| This invention made it easier to put up fences on the Great Plains. | barbed wire |
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