Chapter 9 & 10 Study Guide
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If the statement is false, correct the underlined part.
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1. Most residents of the South voted for Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860.
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2. The disagreement over whether federal or state power should prevail became an issue of states’ rights.
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3. After the election of Abraham Lincoln, Virginia became the 1st state to abolition from the United States.
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4. After the Battle of the Washita, nine states joined together to form the Confederate States of America.
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5. Indian Territory joined the Confederacy during the Civil War.
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6. Many Indians supported the Union because they felt abandoned by the United States government and
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7. The Civil War divided the tribes living in Indian Territory, especially the Seminole, who had a group flee to
Kansas under the leadership of Osceola.
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8. John Ridge reluctantly agreed for the Cherokee to join the Confederacy after a meeting with Abraham
Lincoln.
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9. The Battle of Pea Ridge strengthened the Confederate position in the West.
____ 10. All of the fighting during the Civil War in Indian Territory involved guerilla tactics.
____ 11. The Reconstruction plan for the Indian Territory in 1865 involved taking some land from the Five Tribes and
using it to relocate Arkansas tribes.
____ 12. The proposed changes in the Indian Territory after the Civil War only affected those tribes that supported the
Confederacy.
____ 13. Once treaties were negotiated with the Plains Indians at Honey Springs, KS, attacks on white settlers ceased.
____ 14. Cherokee Indians were attacked at Soldier Spring Creek while at winter camp because the military believed
they had been involved in raids in Texas a few months earlier.
____ 15. Fort Sill is the only fort built on the Southern Plains during the Indian Wars that is still active today.
____ 16. Oklahoma has the largest American Indian population, including Alaska Native, of any state in the nation.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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9. Which statement best describes the significance of the Dred Scott case?
A) Congress could no longer prevent slavery in the territories.
B) Congress could no longer maintain a balance of free and slave states.
C) Congress could relocate slaves to specific territories as it had done with Indians.
D) Congress could require that a territory have a certain number of residents in order to
become a state.
____ 10. According to the Compromise of 1850, what state entered the Union as a free state?
A) California
B) Maine
C) Missouri
D) Texas
____ 11. Which statement best explains why southerners believed their way of life was threatened in the 1850s?
A) Northerners controlled Congress.
B) Hurricanes destroyed many large plantations.
C) Too many slaves were escaping to the North.
D) New machines changed the way work was done.
____ 12. How many states made up the original CSA?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
____ 15. The Union and the Confederacy both wanted the support of the Indian Territory for all of the following
reasons except
A) its supply of salt.
B) its strategic location.
C) its transportation system.
D) its abundant supply of horses and cattle.
____ 16. Which tribe exhibited the strongest resistance to signing a treaty to support the Confederate States of
America?
A) Cherokee
B) Chickasaw
C) Osage
D) Seneca
____ 17. What was the name of the Confederate outpost that was built on the Texas Road in Indian Territory?
A) Fort Davis
B) Fort Gibson
C) Fort McCulloch
D) Fort Washita
____ 18. What fort replaced Fort Davis when it was abandoned by the Confederates?
A) Fort Arbuckle
B) Fort Gibson
C) Fort McCulloch
D) Fort Smith
____ 19. All of the following are associated with Opothleyahola except
A) being a wealthy plantation owner with slaves.
B) leading his people to Kansas during the Civil War.
C) leading his people to Indian Territory during the relocation.
D) signing a treaty with the Confederates during the Civil War.
____ 20. Why did Opothleyahola refuse to sign a treaty with the Confederate States of America?
A) He believed the Union would win the Civil War.
B) He had pledged to never again fight against the United States.
C) He did not believe in slavery and could not support those who did.
D) He did not like the Indian tribes that had signed treaties to support the Confederates.
____ 21. What was the most decisive Civil War battle in Indian Territory?
A) Cabin Creek
B) Honey Springs
C) Pea Ridge
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D) Perryville
Who was the Confederate leader who surrendered at Appomattox Court House?
A) Douglas Cooper
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Robert E. Lee
D) Stand Watie
People who wanted to claim land under the Homestead Act of 1862 had to meet all of the following
requirements except
A) pay an $18 filing fee.
B) be at least 21 years of age.
C) farm the land for five years.
D) prove they had limited income.
After the Civil War, Indians had to agree to a number of changes that included all of the following except
A) abolishing slavery.
B) proclaiming a 100-year peace.
C) giving freedmen tribal citizenship.
D) establishing a unified government.
A meeting held in Medicine Lodge in Kansas to negotiate a peace settlement was attended by all of the
following groups of Plains Indians except
A) Arapaho.
B) Cheyenne.
C) Kiowa.
D) Sioux.
The Indians who signed the Medicine Lodge Treaty agreed to all of the following provisions except
A) to live on reservations.
B) to give the railroad a right-of-way.
C) to learn the ways of the white man.
D) to become farmers instead of roamers.
Who led the military forces against the Indians at the Battle of the Washita?
A) George Custer
B) A. W. Evans
C) William Hazen
D) Phillip Sheridan
What did General Phillip Sheridan rename Camp Wichita?
A) Fort Arbuckle
B) Fort Gibson
C) Fort Sill
D) Fort Sully
Rations included all of the following except
A) blankets
B) soap
C) sugar
D) tobacco
Which statement best describes why the Plains Indians resisted living on reservations?
A) They had roamed the prairie freely for centuries.
B) They had seen too many Indians die of disease and neglect.
C) They believed the land where the reservations were located was worthless.
D) They did not want their children to be forced to learn the ways of the white man.
Which was the best way to break the resistance of the Plains Indians?
A) by capturing their leaders
B) by capturing and killing their horses
C) by providing them with food and shelter
D) by educating them in the ways of the white man
____ 32. What was the last battle fought in Indian Territory?
A) Adobe Walls
B) Red River
C) Soldier Springs
D) Turkey Springs
____ 33. How many tribes call Oklahoma home today?
A) 62
B) 63
C) 66
D) 67
Completion
Complete each statement.
1. The first state to secede from the Union in 1860 was ______________________________.
2. The regiment trained by Stand Watie was called the
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3. The surrender that ended the Civil War took place at _____________________________________________.
4. The last Confederate commander to surrender in Indian Territory was
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5. Some Cheyenne were given a reservation in Indian Territory after they were driven out of Colorado in 1864
after the _____________________________________________.
6. ________________________________________ led a group of young Cheyenne warriors who ignored the
Medicine Lodge Treaty and continued to roam on their ancestral land, attacking Kansas settlers and wagon
trains.
7. The legislative act that opened up the West and caused more land to be taken from the Indians was the
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8. The most prized Indian rations were ____________________ and ____________________.
Matching
Match the person with the phrase that describes each.
A) John Breckinridge
I) Samuel Bell Maxey
B) James Blunt
J) Ben McCulloch
C) John C. Calhoun
K) Albert Pike
D) Douglas Cooper
L) William Quantrill
E) Samuel Curtis
M) Earl Van Dorn
F) Jefferson Davis
N) Stand Watie
G) Henry Lane
O) Daniel Webster
H) Abraham Lincoln
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proposed Compromise of 1850
elected president of the United States in 1860
appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Confederacy
leader of Cherokee who supported Confederates
South Carolina senator who supported states’ rights
president of the Confederate States of America
Match the person with the phrase that describes each.
A) Black Kettle
I) Quanah Parker
B) Kit Carson
J) Samuel Pomeroy
C) Chief Joseph
K) Joseph Rendlebrock
D) John Chupco
L) John Seger
E) D. N. Cooley
M) Phillip Sheridan
F) George Custer
N) Lawrie Tatum
G) Brinton Darlington
O) Allen Wright
H) Kicking Bird
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7. served as first superintendent of the agency that worked with the Cheyenne and Arapaho
8. Commissioner of Indian Affairs who told Indians that, because they joined the Confederacy, their earlier
treaties with the United States were no longer valid
9. Choctaw representative who suggested the use of the word Oklahoma for the Indian Territory
10. organized a campaign to end the attacks of the Plains Indians and force them to live on reservations
11. leader of the Cheyenne who was killed at the Battle of the Washita
12. led military troops against the Indians at the Battle of the Washita