Chapter 15 Review:
1. The first great boom west was set off by ______________________________.
2. During ____________________________, Southern agriculture became diverse.
3. To be a western frontiersman you often felt __________________ and life was usually very
______________________.
4. Over time, ______________ ________________ lost the ability to effectively resist white
settlers.
5. The Ku Klux Klan used ______________________ and ________________________.
6. Serious conflict in the west was usually based on __________________ and
___________________ differences.
7. Southern Black’s ________________ _____________ were revoked by local and state law.
8. The transcontinental railroad caused the ___________________in the west to increase.
9. In the _______________ economic recovery after the Civil War was difficult because banks had
modest assets to support industrial development.
10. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments gave _______________ Southerns more political and
economic freedom.
11. The goal of the U.S. government dealing with the ___________, was to force them to live in the
Dakotas.
12. A central goal of _____________ _______________ for the new south was developing industry.
13. The Native Americans after the Indian Wars were forced to move to ______________________.
14. To assimilate Native Americans was the goal of ________ __________ ________________ ____.
15. To take back some freedoms given to Southern Blacks by the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments,
Southern whites used legislation, segregation, and violence.
16. Cotton dominated the Southern agriculture immediately following the ___________ _______.
17. By 1880, there were 18,000 miles of ______________________.
18. Homesteaders on the plains usually built homes of _____________________.
19. The Farmer’s Alliance formed in 1870s to negotiate lower _______________ for supplies.
20. Native Americans viewed nature as __________________.
21. The railroads benefited western cattle ranchers by creating a way to transport meat to
____________________ markets.
22. In order to keep ___________________ cost down on railroads, the south used prison labor and
federal government money.
23. The open-range system of raising livestock was originally developed by the _________________
_____________________.
24. The Native American Indians, Navajos, and Pueblos were _______________________ based.
25. The livelihood of Southern farmers were threatened by the ________ ______________. (insect)
26. Native American groups shared some ____________________________ and did not share
others.
27. The Native American civilizations were threatened by _____________________ the white
settlers brought with them.
28. Hordes of people migrated west in the mid-1800s in hopes of finding _____________ or
____________ making them extremely rich.
29. During Reconstruction, Southern agriculture ____________________ dramatically.
30. Railroad spurred the __________________ and ________________ of towns along the western
rail routes.
31. The Commanche and Kiowa Nativie American Indians fought settlers in _____________.
32. __________________________ was the legislation that provided farm plots for people willing to
live on and develop the land for five years.
33. __________________________ was the site where over 100 fleeing Indians were killed by U. S.
troops.
34. __________________________ is a crop grown not for its own use but to be sold for cash.
35. __________________________ is a specific area set aside by the U.S. government for the use of
Indians.
36. __________________________ is a rail link between the East and the West.
37. __________________________ is someone who is self-appointed enforcer of the law.
38. __________________________ is to be absorbed into the culture of a population or group.
39. __________________________ was the legislation that gave black citizens the tight to ride
trains and use other public facilities.
40. __________________________ was then site of a victory by the Indians led by Crazy Horse over
250 U.S. soldiers led by General George Custer.
41. ___________________________ was a system by which branded cattle were allowed to graze
freely on the unfenced property.