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THE SOUTH AND WEST TRANSFORMED
Test B
A.
Key Terms and People
Directions: Match the definitions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the correct
letter in each blank. You will not use all the terms. (3 points each)
Column I
Column II
1. a rail link between the East and the West
2. the site of a victory by Indians led by
Crazy Horse over 250 U.S. soldiers led
by General George Custer
3. a specific area set aside by the U.S. government
for the use of Indians
4. a self-appointed enforcer of the law
5. legislation that gave black citizens the
right to ride trains and use other public
facilities
6. the site where over 100 fleeing Indians
were killed by U.S. troops
7. legislation that provided farm plots for
people willing to live on and develop the
land for five years
8. to absorb into the culture of a population
or group
9. a crop grown not for its own use but to be
sold
10. a system by which branded cattle were allowed
to graze freely on unfenced property
B.
a. cash crop
b. Farmers’
Alliance
c. Civil Rights Act
of 1875
d. reservation
e. Sand Creek
Massacre
f. Sitting Bull
g. Little Big Horn
h. Chief Joseph
i. Wounded Knee
j. assimilate
k. Dawes General
Allotment Act
l. vigilante
m. transcontinental
railroad
n. land grant
o. open range
p. Homestead Act
q. Exodusters
Key Concepts
Directions: Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank. (4 points each)
11. During Reconstruction, southern agriculture
a. thrived.
c. became diverse.
b. focused on cotton and tobacco. d. expanded dramatically.
12. Why was the Farmers’ Alliance formed in the 1870s?
a. to fight foreign competition
b. to improve agricultural equipment
c. to negotiate lower prices for supplies
d. to eradicate the boll weevil
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13. Which of the following revoked southern blacks’ civil rights?
a. local and state laws
b. Civil Rights Act of 1875
c. Fifteenth Amendment
d. Fourteenth Amendment
Directions: Use the chart to answer questions 14 and 15.
14. Which Native Americans farmed?
a. Pueblos, Navajos, and Sioux
b. Sioux and Pueblos
c. Sioux and Navajos
d. Navajos and Pueblos
15. What conclusion can be drawn from this chart?
a. Native American groups shared some characteristics and did
not share others.
b. Farming was important to all Native Americans.
c. Hunting was not necessary for any Native Americans.
d. Most Native Americans were nomadic.
16. Which of the following best describes Native Americans’ situation at the
end of the Indian wars?
a. They held onto their traditional homelands.
b. They were forced to move west or north or to live on reservations.
c. They lived traditional lives on reservations throughout the North.
d. They assimilated into American culture.
17. Starting in the mid-1800s, hoards of people traveled to the West out of a
desire to
a. live in urban environments.
b. strike it rich by finding gold or silver.
c. see the Pacific Ocean.
d. hunt buffalo.
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18. Which of the following was an effect of the transcontinental railroad?
a. The nation shrank in size.
b. Utah and Nevada became heavily settled.
c. The population of the West increased.
d. Industrial development was stalled.
19. How did new railroads benefit western cattle ranchers?
a. provided a way to transport meat to eastern markets
b. allowed cowboys to travel easily between cattle herds
and their homes
c. made it easier for ranchers to keep track of their herds
d. encouraged eastern cowboys to make a living in the West
20. Which of the following best describes the lives of typical western
homesteaders in the late 1800s?
a. overcrowded but exciting
b. challenging yet comfortable
c. peaceful and prosperous
d. difficult and lonely
C.
Document-Based Question
Directions: Use the quotation below to answer the following question a separate sheet of
paper. (10 points)
“If you tie a horse to a stake, do you expect he will grow fat? If you pen an Indian
up on a small spot of earth, and compel him to stay there, he will not be contented,
nor will he grow and prosper. I have asked some of the great white chiefs where
they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he
sees white men going where they please. They can not tell me.”
—Chief Joseph, quoted in the North American Review, April 1879
21. Write a paragraph identifying the system that is the subject of Chief Joseph’s
comments, and explain his ideas about how that system relates to Native
Americans.
D.
Critical Thinking and Writing
Directions: Answer the following questions on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet
of paper. (10 points each)
22. Why did the U.S. government want to remove Native Americans from western
lands, and what strategies did they use to accomplish this?
23. Explain how branding and the open-range system of cattle ranching represented an
innovative use of resources and a creative response to the geography of the West.
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