8th Grade SS LEAP Review U1-2

Front

What did historian Frederick Jackson Turner think was most important in the development of American history? Options: voting rights, the railroad, the frontier, cattle

Back

the frontier

Front

According to the map, what happened in the United States between 1860 and 1890?

Back

ten New territories in the West became states.

Front

What were posters like this one meant to encourage?

Back

settlement of western territories

Front

What set the events of the Sand Creek Massacre in motion? A rumor spread that Native Americans were responsible for the murder of a mining family.

Back

A rumor spread that Native Americans were responsible for the murder of a mining family.

Front

Why did the United States government break the Second Treaty of Fort Laramie?

Back

Gold was discovered in the Black Hills.

Front

Considering that nineteen soldiers were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor after Wounded Knee, which statement most accurately describes how the United States government viewed the events that occurred there? The Native Americans were defending themselves. The soldiers were acting in an unjust way. The soldiers acted in a reasonable way. The Native Americans fought bravely.

Back

The soldiers acted in a reasonable way.

Front

According to Turner, what has the American intellect gained from the frontier?

Back

strength and individualism

Front

What was the purpose of institutions such as the Carlisle Indian Industrial School?

Back

to force the assimilation of Native Americans

Front

What is one way in which Native American ways of life changed as settlers moved west?

Back

Bison were hunted for profit and sport to the point of depletion.

Front

Identify which excerpt from the text best supports your response to part A.

Back

"When the "hunt" is over the buffaloes which have been killed are secured, and the choice parts placed in the baggage-car"