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Quiz Conflicts in the West : social-economic effects

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5th grade Social Studies

 

Hard QUIZ 20 QUESTIONS
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1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

What current state was originally a Native American reservation?

6

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

7

Why did the Nez Perce tribe leave their land?

8

What is the significance of the Battle at Wounded Knee?

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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