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Riney
US History
Chap 8: Settling the West Test Review 14-15
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DO NOT rely on this test review only to study for test. There will be questions from packet/notes etc.
that are not necessarily listed on this review!!!!!
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work must be done individually. I will not accept test reviews with the same wrong answers (Self Check
Quiz : 3 pts extra credit on test
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/ushistory/tar22003/tx/index.php4
- select self-check quiz – Can be emailed to me criney@misd.org or printed out
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Vocabulary: complete crossword puzzle in this review packet
Who am I? :
Sitting Bull
George Custer
Chief Joseph
buffalo (Bison)
Cowboy
nomad
Sodbuster
Plains Indian
Longhorn
Frederick Jackson Taylor
Helen Hunt Jackson women
1. _____________________________ Lakota Sioux chief killed at Wounded Knee
2. _____________________________ cavalry commander who battled (and lost) the Lakota Sioux at
Little Bighorn
3. _____________________________ hearty breed of cattle that roamed the grasslands of TX
4.
_____________________________ Wrote A Century of Dishonor, a book which chronicled the long
history of broken treaties and injustices against American Indians
5. _____________________________ one who moves from place to place, usually in search of food or
grazing land
6.
_____________________________ surrendered and succumbed to reservation life after leading his
Nez Perce tribe on a 1300 mi + failed journey to escape to Canada
7.
_____________________________ name given to Great Plains farmers
8. _____________________________ theorized that the presence of a frontier had contributed to the
many positive attributes of Americans
9.
_____________________________ rounded up cattle and herded them to rail stations where they
were sold for high profit
10. _____________________________ I am nomadic, I rely on buffalo for my survival (food, shelter,
clothing), I don’t understand the concept of privately owned property, I put up a fierce resistance to
Army/settlers/prospectors
11. _____________________________ In the West, I could be a business or property owner, or an
influential community leader. Many jobs were available to me that Eastern Women had no access to.
Because of these opportunities for me, the West led the way in women’s voting rights.
12. _____________________________ My near extinction caused most Plains Indians to succumb to life
on reservations.
III.
Things to know about Westward Expansion
Vigilance Committees
Windmills
Morrill Land Grant
Dawes Act of 1887
Homestead Act of 1962
Barbed Wire
Great American Desert
Land Grants
Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 Civil War
Ghost Dance
Wheat
Treaties
Industrial Revolution
Wild West Show
Reservations
Statehood
Ghost Town
Indian Wars
13. _____________________________ Drought resistant crop that transformed the Great Plains into the
nation’s breadbasket
14. _____________________________ Gave 160 acres to prospective settlers and encouraged
settlement of the West by offering clear title to this property after minor conditions were met
15. _____________________________ this invention contributed to the decline of cattle drives by fencing
in the treeless range
16. _____________________________ name given to the Great Plains region by its first explorers
17. _____________________________ RRs were given these in an effort to entice them to build tracks in
the sparsely populated Plains regions
18. _____________________________ minerals and money from western mines helped fuel and fund
this event in the east
19. _____________________________ because crime was often a problem, and law enforcement was
scarce, some Western towns left law enforcement up to these self-appointed volunteers
20. _____________________________ because prices of beef soared after this event, it became
worthwhile to round up Longhorns who roamed the Plains in TX
21. _____________________________ This type of program featured real cowboys, Indians, buffalo and
a variety of acts that helped spread ideas of the American West
22. _____________________________ This technology helped to solve the lack of water problem in the
Great Plains by making it possible to draw water from very deep wells
23. _____________________________ This led to the expansion of colleges across the USA as well as
the introduction of 4-h and ROTC programs
24. _____________________________ resulted from the encroachment of ranchers, miners, and farmers
onto Native American territories
25. _____________________________ Lands upon which Plains Indians were forced to live with specific
boundaries
26. _____________________________ This ritual was banned by the US govt. It’s performance led to
the last Indian battle at Wounded Knee.
27. _____________________________ In an effort to assimilate the Plains Indians into white culture, this
failed plan broke up reservations into individual plots for farming and/or ranching
28. _____________________________ this occurred to many western territories after the discovery of
mining deposits and subsequent onslaught of settlers and RR expansion
29. _____________________________ granted US citizenship to all Native Americans born in the US
30. _____________________________ after mining deposits dried up, boomtowns often became these
31. _____________________________ As none of these were honored, it led to increased conflict
between Plains Indians and US Army/settlers
IV.
Matching : match the following terms with the group with which it is associated.
a. Miners
b. ranchers
c. farmers
d. Indians
e. Women
32. ______
Dawes Act of 1887
33. ______Homestead Act of 1862
34. ______
had opportunity to own property in West
35. ______ Range Wars
36. ______
Annuities issued
37. ______ long drives
38. ______
ghost dance ritual
39. ______ Wild West tales in Dime Novels
40. ______
boomtowns and ghost towns
41. ______ vigilance committees
42. ______
Comstock lode
43. ______ dry farming
44. ______
1st wave of settlers
45. ______ camp followers
46. ______
dependence on buffalo
47. ______ railheads
48. ______
Morrill Act of 1882
49. ______ A Century of Dishonor
50. ______
Dept of Agriculture
51. ______ Sitting Bull & Little Crow
52. ______
Reservations
53. ______ credit/foreclosure
54. _____ bonanza farms – prelude to today’s commercial farms
55. ______adversely affected by the Transcontinental RR
V.
Questions (answers can be found in packet, notes or both)
56. List 5 reasons for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains (notes)
57. List 4 reasons for the end of the Long Drives. (notes, packet)
58. List 4 economic hardships that farmers on the Plains experienced. (packet)
59. How did some settlers to the Great Plains region adapt to the lack of trees for housing? (notes, packet)
60. Describe the meaning of “a buffalo dead is an Indian gone.” (notes, packet)
61. According to many Americans, what was the best way to improve conditions for the Native Americans?
(packet, notes)
Settling the West
Vocabulary Crossword
Across
1. method of acquiring a piece of US public land by living on and cultivating it
3. method of extracting mineral ore by hand using simple tools
7. books that told exaggerated tales of daring, sold for a dime, and helped spread the
myths of the "Wild West" in the eastern US
12. driving cattle long distances to a RR depot for fast transport and great profit
13. a region that forms the margin of settled territory
14. a grant of land by the federal government especially for roads, RRs, or ag colleges
15. a person who moves from place to place, usually in search of food or grazing land
16. a way of farming dry land: seeds planted deep in the ground where there is moisture
17. a plot of land assigned to an individual or family for cultivation
Down
2. vast area of open grassland owned by government
4. to absorb a group into the culture of a larger population
5. a name given to Great Plains farmers
6. money paid by contract on regular intervals
8. to bring under complete control, conquer
9. method of extracting minerals involving digging beneath the surface
10. a stray calf with no identifying symbol
11. a large, highly-profitable wheat farm