5 Written Questions

1. The final gold rush occured in the heart of the Sioux hunting grounds; Deadwood emerged as the most lawless of mining camps
2. Boomers waited for the signal during the Oklahoma rush and Sooners jumped the gun.
3. The construction of the trail through the heart of Sioux hunting grounds to connect mining towns, along with the invasion of gold miners began the Sioux War
4. Army intervened to stop Ghost Dances and ended in this massacre of 200 men, women, and children
5. Attempted to adjust Homestead Act to western conditions; gave an additional 160 acres if settlers planted 1/4 with trees

5 Matching Questions

1. Buffalo Soldiers
2. Ghost Dances
3. Helen Hunt Jackson's "A Century of Dishonor"
4. Chivington/Sand Creek Massacre
5. Joseph McCoy

1. a Began the trend of shipping cattle to Kansas from Texas in order to get beef to the eastern market
2. b Chief Black Kettle led 700 followers to Sand Creek and was attacked by Colonel Chivington even after they raised the American flag and a white flag.
3. c Thought to bring back Native American lands and the vanishing buffalo
4. d African American cavalrymen on the western frontier
5. e Aroused public awareness to the wrongs that the federal government had inflicted on the American Indias

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Invented by Joseph F. Glidden; meant to provide plains farmers with cheap and effective fencing.
   1. Barbed Wire
   2. Cow Towns
   3. Sodbusters
   4. Wounded Knee
2. Rebelled against government policy and led by their chief, fled for Canda for 75 days
   1. Life on the Overland Trail
   2. Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians
   3. Chivington/Sand Creek Massacre
   4. Boomers and Sooners
3. Began with Fetterman massacre and called into quesiton the Indian Policy (assimilation v. control); Ended with Peace Commision
   1. Homestead Act of 1862
   2. Wounded Knee
   3. Sioux War (1865-1867)
   4. Gold Rush of 1849
4. Produced over 340 million in gold and silver by 1890 and was primarily responsible for attracting enough 49ers to bring Nevada into the union
   1. Comstock Lode
   2. Ghost Dances
   3. Cow Towns
   4. Wounded Knee
5. Settlers usually traveled West in family units, joining others to create "trains" that elected leaders and established rules; under the best conditions the trip took 6 months
   1. Denver, Colorado
   2. Life on the Overland Trail
   3. Bozeman Trail
   4. Oklahoma Land Rush

5 True/False Questions

1. Sodbusters → About 6,000 blacks who established lives in Kansas to escape the South and black codes

   True        False

2. Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 → Gave 160 acres of land to anyone who would pay a $10 registration and pledge to live on it and cultivate it for 5 years.

   True        False

3. Exodusters → About 6,000 blacks who established lives in Kansas to escape the South and black codes

   True        False

4. Denver, Colorado → Produced over 340 million in gold and silver by 1890 and was primarily responsible for attracting enough 49ers to bring Nevada into the union

   True        False

5. Turner's Thesis → Boomers waited for the signal during the Oklahoma rush and Sooners jumped the gun.

   True        False