USH Chapter 6 Test

Question 0

What is it called when whites defeat Indians in a battle

Answer 0

Engagement

Question 1

What gave away land to settlers for free

Answer 1

Homestead act

Question 2

What is it called when Indians defeat whites in a battle

Answer 2

Massacre

Question 3

What was the famous trails that settlers were using to cross the Great Plains

Answer 3

Bozeman trail

Question 4

Which group of Indians adopted the horse and used it to their benefit

Answer 4

The great plain Indians

Question 5

Who was the leader of the Nezperse Indians

Answer 5

Chief Joseph

Question 6

Where was William Fetterman when he was massacred by Indians

Answer 6

Big horn mountains

Question 7

What is another name for the battle of Little Bighorn

Answer 7

Custers last stand

Question 8

What significant natural disaster did settlement on the Great Plains create

Answer 8

The dust storms of the dust bowl

Question 9

Where did colonel custer lead a scientific expedition

Answer 9

The black hills of South Dakota

Question 10

How many Indian braves were hiding in the trees in the battle of little big horn

Answer 10

2,500

Question 11

What were the names of the two Indian chiefs that planned the attack of little big horn

Answer 11

Crazy horse and sitting bull

Question 12

What nickname was given to grover cleveland after he made a deal to save the US treasury

Answer 12

Morgans errand boy

Question 13

Today where would the battle of bighorn occur

Answer 13

Montana

Question 14

What famous Indian fighter said he could kill an Indian tribe with just 80 soldier

Answer 14

William Fetterman

Question 15

In What famous treaty did the federal government decide to abandon the Bozeman trail

Answer 15

Treaty of Ft. Laramie

Question 16

What 3 things did Cubans agree to in the Platt amendment

Answer 16

-Make them promise not to go into debt more than they can repay
-Agree to allow the United States to interview if there was any trouble
-In order to insure that Rowe could protect them they had it designate a portion if the island for a war base.
(Guantanamo bay)

Question 17

What is the name given to the type of journalism that attempts to sensationalize news

Answer 17

Yellow journalism

Question 18

What famous show did some Indians work sat or on

Answer 18

Buffalo Bills Wild West Show

Question 19

What was the main problem federal government had when they tried to create treaties with Indians

Answer 19

The chiefs did not make decisions for the whole tribe and not everybody did what he said

Question 20

In the 1850s the federal government tried to lump all the Indians in one place called

Answer 20

The great Siox reservation

Question 21

What was the name of the man who tried to restore the reservation system

Answer 21

John Collier

Question 22

How much land did the federal government take from the nezperse Indians

Answer 22

90%

Question 23

What did Joseph glidden create that cheated the Great Plains and had a significant importance on the rest of the world

Answer 23

Barbed wire

Question 24

Who was the last famous apache to go to an Indian reservation

Answer 24

Geronimo

Question 25

What was created to try and bring the reservation system back

Answer 25

Indian reorganization act or Indian new deal

Question 26

In 1877 gold was discovered in Idaho on what Indian reservation

Answer 26

Nezperse

Question 27

What were settlers doing on the Bozeman trail that bothered the Indians on the Great Plains

Answer 27

The cows ate all the grass so it destroyed ecosystem

Question 28

What were the towns where cattle ranchers stopped at to rest called

Answer 28

Cow towns

Question 29

What treaty ended the Spanish American war

Answer 29

Treaty of Paris 1898

Question 30

Famous outlaw or sheriff that controlled along the long drive

Answer 30

James Hickok or wild bill Hickok

Question 31

What was the Trail that texans took on the way to the slaughter house

Answer 31

Long drive

Question 32

Why did the federal government desolve the reservation system

Answer 32

The Indians didn’t assimilate well

Question 33

Name one major conflict the US was involved with prior to the Spanish American war

Answer 33

Battle of little big horn

Question 34

What was the name of the famous author that wrote about the plight about the Indians

Answer 34

Helen hunt Jackson

Question 35

What law or act officially desolved or did away with the reservation system

Answer 35

Daws severity act

Question 36

What slogan did the Americans sing in regards to how they felt about Spain

Answer 36

Remember the Maine to hell with Spain

Question 37

What hurt American troops in Cub

Answer 37

Tropical disease

Question 38

How long did the Spanish American war last

Answer 38

113 days

Question 39

What was the name of the type of cattle texans raised

Answer 39

Longhorn cattle

Question 40

In what famous battle did the rough rangers participate in and help in the Spanish America. War

Answer 40

Battle of San Juan Hill

Question 41

What was the name of the US battle ship that blew up off the coast of Cuba

Answer 41

USS Maine

Question 42

What economic downturn occurred during Cleveland’s presidency

Answer 42

Panic of 1893

Question 43

What are two examples of laws that states past in order to try to prevent African American from voting but it also hurt poor whites

Answer 43

• literacy tests

- poll taxes

Question 44

In 1887 the US signed an agreement, in exchange we got what

Answer 44

Pearl Harbor