Ch 15 Name
Class
Date
CHAPTER 15 REVIEW
Key Terms and People
Directions: Match the terms in Column II with the correct definition from Column I.
Column I
Column II
1. a railroad that connected the East and the West
2. the place where Indians defeated over
250 U.S. soldiers led by George Custer
3. an area set aside for Indians to live
4. a self-appointed person who enforces the law
5. a law giving black citizens the right to ride
trains and use other public services
6. the place where U.S. troops killed over
100 Indians
7. a law that gave land to citizens who agreed to
live on the land for five years
8. to become similar to other people in a culture
or group
9 . a crop that is grown to be sold for cash
10. a system of ranching in which cattle were branded
and allowed to graze freely on the plains
a. cash crop
b. Civil Rights Act
of 1875
c. reservation
d. Little Big Horn
e. Wounded Knee
f. assimilate
g. vigilante
h. transcontinental
railroad
i. open range
j. Homestead Act
Key Concepts
Directions: Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
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12.
13.
During Reconstruction, most farmers in the South
a. raised food crops.
b. raised cotton or tobacco.
c. moved to the North.
The purpose of the Farmers’ Alliance was to
a. organize southern farmers.
b. start textile factories.
c. destroy boll weevils.
Which of the following limited the civil rights of southern blacks?
a. local and state laws
b. the Civil Rights Act of 1875
c. the Farmers’ Alliance
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17.
18.
Date
How did white settlement of the West change the lives of Native Americans?
a. Native Americans built reservations where they could live without
interference.
b. Native Americans were forced from their homelands.
c. Native Americans gave up hunting and became farmers.
What effect did mining have on the West?
a. It made westerners wealthy.
b. It attracted huge numbers of people to the region.
c. Miners built pleasant, charming towns near the mines.
How did the transcontinental railroad affect the nation?
a. The nation shrank in size.
b. It slowed the development of industry.
c. The population of the West increased.
How did railroads change the business of cattle ranching?
a. Ranchers had a way to transport meat to markets in the East.
b. Cowboys found an easier way to travel between work and home.
c. Eastern cowboys traveled to the West.
What were the lives of most homesteaders like in the West of the late 1800s?
a. calm and relaxing
b. hard and lonely
c. busy with social duties