U.S. History Since 1877 – Quiz 1 (Midterm Supplemental) – Flashcards

The cattle industry and "cattle drives" originated in...

How did the railroads affect mining, industry, and cattle production?

The Chisholm Trail was used to...

Railway companies encouraged settlers to come to the west by (blank) and did this (blank). a) advertising; because they could not find laborers to build rail lines, b) advertising; so they could grow food that could be transported on rail lines, c) offering bonuses; by distributing free land to new settlers, or d) offering moving expenses to churches; so that christianity could become the official religion of the west

What happened at the Little Big Horn river?

The frontier as an essential part of the development of the American Character is called the...

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in...

The plains tribes were finally defeated...

What event marked the closing of the frontier? a) Statehood of Oklahoma b) the Oklahoma Landrush c) the opening of Oklahoma Territory for cattle drives d)completion of the transcontinental railroad

Effects of the Dawes Act included...

Which of the following describes the Homestead Act of 1863? a) It provided 160 acres of free land to qualified white men b) Homesteaders were required to occupy and improve the land c) Republican leaders hoped it would bring white settlers to the Pacific coastal areas. d)Land speculators accumulated most of the available homesteads.

Which Indian trive was pursued 1,100 miles and forced to surrender just south of the Canadian border in 1877?

What was the purpose of Indian boarding schools in the late nineteenth century?

Reformers believed that the best way to save the Indians was through... a) education. b) reservations. c) colonization. d) accommodation.

Technological advance that plated an important role in opening up the Great Plains to farming was...

The corporate cattle boom collapsed because...

Ecological disasters that plagued the Cattle Kingdom did NOT include...