Chapter 17

Question 1

Political leader of the Souix during the Sioux

Answer 1

Sitting Bull

Question 2

Military leader of the Sioux during the Sioux war

Answer 2

Crazy horse

Question 3

Reckless colonial who lost his life at the battle of Little Bighorn

Answer 3

Custer

Question 4

Indian Napoleon, chief of Nez Pierce Indians

Answer 4

Chief Joseph

Question 5

Puppet emporer in Mexico

Answer 5

Maximilian I

Question 6

American commodore who negotiated a treaty with the Japanese

Answer 6

Matthew Perry

Question 7

Spanish ambassador who insulted president McKinley in a private letter

Answer 7

Enrique Dupuy de Lome

Question 8

American commodore who defeated the Spanish navy in the Philippines

Answer 8

George Dewey

Question 9

Philippine revolutionary

Answer 9

Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 10

Provided a 160 acre land grant in the West free to anyone who improved it

Answer 10

Homestead Act

Question 11

A bloody attack on an Indian band that had already surrendered

Answer 11

Wounded Knee Massacre

Question 12

Parceled out Indian tribal lands

Answer 12

Dawes Act

Question 13

Settlement of three longstanding disagreements between Britain and the United States

Answer 13

Treaty of Washington

Question 14

Agreement that opened Japan to trade with the West

Answer 14

Treaty of Kanagawa

Question 15

Movement intended to achieve greater unity among nations in the Western Hemisphere

Answer 15

Pan-Americanism

Question 16

Free trade in China

Answer 16

Open Door Policy

Question 17

Anti-foreign movement in China

Answer 17

Boxer Rebellion

Question 18

American victory over the Spanish fleet in the Pacific

Answer 18

Battle of Manila Bay

Question 19

What invention enabled farmers to fence their land on the treeless plains?

Answer 19

Barbed wire

Question 20

What was the last major effort by the Indians to retain their lands?

Answer 20

Sioux War

Question 21

What term is used for tracts of land set aside for Indians?

Answer 21

Reservations

Question 22

What Chinese rebellion against foreigners was stopped by an international military force that included US troops?

Answer 22

Boxer Rebellion

Question 23

What term means the extension of power by one people or country over another for the benefit of the controlling country?

Answer 23

Imperialism

Question 24

What term means mission boards that are not supported by guaranteed funds from a denomination?

Answer 24

Faith missions

Question 25

What term was given to sensationalized news reporting that became popular in the United States late in the 19th century?

Answer 25

Yellow Journalism

Question 26

In which War did the United States fight over the independence of Cuba?

Answer 26

Spanish-American War

Question 27

The transcontinental railroad was built primarily by immigrants from China and?

Answer 27

Ireland

Question 28

What was the significance of Promontory Point, Utah?

Answer 28

It was the junction of the transcontinental railroad

Question 29

Which territory was settled by land rushes?

Answer 29

Oklahoma

Question 30

What became the main crop of the Great Plains?

Answer 30

Wheat

Question 31

What was the key to the culture of the Plains Indians?

Answer 31

Buffalo

Question 32

What was the American government’s official goal during the Indian Wars?

Answer 32

The government intended to move the Indians to reservations

Question 33

What was the subject of A Century of Dishonor?

Answer 33

The Indians plight

Question 34

What territory did America purchase from Russia in 1867?

Answer 34

Alaska

Question 35

How did the United States acquire Hawaii?

Answer 35

Annexation

Question 36

What was the purpose of the student volunteer movement?

Answer 36

Recruitment of missionaries

Question 37

Who were the rough riders?

Answer 37

A volunteer unit during the Spanish-American War