Midterm Review

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Which act of Congress contributed to an increase in settlement in the West by granting free land to individuals after they had lived on it for five years? Options: the Homestead Act, the Morrill Land Grant Act, the Indian Removal Act, the Dawes Act

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the Homestead Act

Front

A small plot of land where the US government had the Native Americans live

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Reservation

Front

Why did the U.S. government set up schools for the American Indians?

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The government wanted to assimilate the American Indians into U.S. culture

Front

How were Native Americans affected by the settlement of the west?

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forced to Reservations, Bison almost became extinct, Lost culture and land

Front

Which of the following is not an effect of the Dawes Act: Native Americans forced to Americanize, Forced them to become farmers, Native Americans became wealthy landowners, Abolished Native American Tribes?

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Native Americans became wealthy landowners

Front

I am an Exoduster and I chose to move west in hopes of finally owning land. I was also trying to escape the KKK. Who am I?

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African Americans

Front

George Custer attacked the Sioux, and he & his men were killed in what battle?

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Little Bighorn

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In which battle did the U.S. Army fire upon a crowd of Sioux who were supposed to be surrendering their weapons to the army?

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Wounded Knee

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Which Native American tribes were primarily affected by the Sand Creek Massacre? Options: Sioux and Apache, Cheyenne and Arapaho, Navajo and Comanche, Iroquois and Seminole

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Cheyenne and Arapaho

Front

What was the cause of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864?

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The Cheyenne were peacefully gathered when attacked