Quiz Conflicts in the West : social-economic effects

Question 1 / 20

How did the settlement of farmers on the Great Plains impact cattle ranchers?

The Gold Rush

Native Americans on the Great Plains

Farmers put up barbed wire fences making it difficult for ranchers to move their cattle

Question 2 / 20

How did the United States government respond to increasing prejudices against Chinese immigrants?

They lost their land for complaining

They created an Exclusion Act, limiting Chinese immigration.

The Governor put up barbed wire around no man's land.

Question 3 / 20

What happened to the Mexicans who owned land that was gained by the United States?

They lost their land to those settling into the region from the East.

Conflicts between the two sides often turned violent.

They were given parting gifts.

Question 4 / 20

In the West, how were treated non-European groups, such as the Mexicans and Chinese?

With love and kindness.

They were mistreated and discriminated against.

They wanted to stop fighting with the United States.

Question 5 / 20

What current state was originally a Native American reservation?

Indiana

Texas

Oklahoma

Question 6 / 20

Which terms describe the experience of most Native Americans on the reservation?

Poverty and starvation

Rich and happy

Fighting and hiding

Question 7 / 20

Why did the Nez Perce tribe leave their land?

Massacre at Wounded Knee

They brought new land.

They wanted to stop fighting with the United States.

Question 8 / 20

What is the significance of the Battle at Wounded Knee?

The American forces massacred the Native Americans, ending the American Indian Wars.

Their culture was based on hunting buffalo and following the herds.

The Native Americans needed to settle in one place.

Question 9 / 20

How did the Native Americans' view of land ownership impact the United States government's efforts to place Native Americans on farms?

Native Americans did not view the land as an individual possession, so many farms failed.

Native Americans don't sharecrop.

Native Americans already had land and didn't need the government to tell them where to live.

Question 10 / 20

Which incident marked the last military conflict between Native Americans and the United States military in the West?

Massacre of Wounded Knee

Nez Perce War

Native Americans

Question 11 / 20

Which group or groups of people lost claims to land in the West after the mi-1800's?

Native Americans and Great Plains

Native Americans and Europeans

Great Plains and Mexicans

Question 12 / 20

How did the invention of barbed wire shape the future use of the Great Plains?

Barbed wire had electricity running through it and kept thefts out.

Barbed wire was too expensive for low income farmers.

Barbed wire was used to close off large cattle fields and establish farms.

Question 13 / 20

How did the discovery of precious metals, such gold, impact western expansion in the United States?

The discovery of gold caused the Rush Gold movement.

The discovery of gold caused many small 'boom towns' to be built across the United States.

The discovery of gold lead to people robbing miners.

Question 14 / 20

Which statement is true about the different ethnic and occupational groups living on the Great Plains?

The groups often have meetings of celebration.

The groups were often in conflict over land and resources.

The groups work together and got along without any conflicts.

Question 15 / 20

What two groups usually worked together to make money in the West?

Mexicans and Native Americans

Native American and United States

Cowboys and ranchers

Question 16 / 20

This list of conflicts between the Native Americans and the U.S. Army. What conclusion can be drawn from the list? Apache & Navajo War, 1861-1866; Sand Creek Massacre, 1864; Fetterman Massacre, 1866; Red River War, 1874-1875; Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876; Nez Perce, 1877; Battle of Wounded Knee, 1890

Battle of Wounded Knee

Conflicts between the two sides often turned violent.

They were mistreated and discriminated against.

Question 17 / 20

Why was being forced to live on reservations a hard adjustment for the Plains Indians?

The Plains Indians always decided where they wanted to live.

Their culture wanted to fight the U.S.

Their culture was based on hunting buffalo and following the migrating herds from place to place.

Question 18 / 20

Why did the federal government encourage Native Americans to become civilized?

The Native Americans needed to settle in one place so more land would be available to Whites.

The Native Americans did not believe the land belong to only one person.

The Native Americans refused to settle in one place.

Question 19 / 20

How did Native Americans react to white settlement on the Great Plains?

They sometimes used violence to defend their land.

They sometimes used bow and arrow to protect their family.

They sometimes have corn and fish to get along the white people.

Question 20 / 20

This a picture of an advertisement from 1849. What event in American history inspired this advertisement?

Ranchers and Cowboys