5 Written Questions

1. The most important animal to the American Indians of the plains
2. puts an end to the range wars- fences off land to end the idea of an open range
3. us general who commanded the army at the battle of little bighorn, he was killed
4. December 1890 the US Army attacks the village killing 300 Indians; 200 of these being women and children- signaled end of Native American resistance and end of the Indian Wars
5. another name for the Populist party

5 Matching Questions

1. Nez Perce
2. The Homestead Act
3. Sioux
4. Sitting Bull
5. ghost towns

1. a passed in 1862,the law offered 160 acres of land free for anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for 5 years- only $10 fee
2. b Native American tribe of the northern plains (Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana) who resisted white expansion
3. c Native American Tribe that will flee capture from U.S. Troops, who almost make it to Canada
4. d what happened to a mining town when it was abandoned
5. e American Indian chief, he lead the victory of Little Bighorn

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. opened Oklahoma up to white settlement
   1. The Gold Standard
   2. The Peoples Party
   3. The Great Oklahoma Land Grab
   4. The Grange
2. was triggered by the building of railroads-the period of american history(late1860s-early1890s) in which the u.s. military (calvary) will force the last independent groups of native americans in the west onto reservations
   1. The Grange
   2. The Range Wars
   3. The Gold Standard
   4. The Indian Wars
3. paper money issued by the federal government during the Civil War, and not backed by either gold or silver
   1. The Grange
   2. Gold Bags
   3. greenbacks
   4. Dawes Act
4. nickname for William F Cody for killing bison
   1. Gold Bags
   2. barb wire
   3. Sitting Bull
   4. Buffalo Bill
5. democratic nominee of the 1896 election; also supported by the populist party
   1. William F Cody
   2. Indian Territory
   3. William Jennings Bryon
   4. William Mckinley

5 True/False Questions

1. The Morrill Land Grant Act → gold is the basis of the money supply-supported by gold bags

   True        False

2. Election of 1896 → populist party supported democrats and wiliam jennings bryon, but the republicans won with william mckinley

   True        False

3. deflationary → associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money

   True        False

4. silver standard → silver is the basis of the money supply

   True        False

5. Range → large sections of the west open to cattle grazing and ranching for farmers and ranchers

   True        False