Unit 1 SG WEST

The climate of the Great Plains has—

• low rainfall and frequent dust storms
• mild winters and cool summers
• frequent thunderstorms that often lead to flooding
• extreme heat throughout the year

Many former enslaved African Americans moved west because of a desire for—

• a reunion with family members
• a new beginning
• employment in factories
• military ranking

During the westward expansion of America, most American Indians were forced to—

• join the U.S. Cavalry
• work on the construction of new railroads
• relocate to reservations
• work on their traditional homelands for profit

Which one is not an adaptation to life in the West?

• barbed wire
• Dry farming
• Wooden houses
• Beef cattle

What was the result of the Battle of Wounded Knee?

• Land and peace treaties with American Indians were upheld.
• It postponed the laying of the final tracks of the Transcontinental Railroad.
• Many Lakota people were massacred, marking the end of the Indian Wars.
• American Indians won the right to remain on their traditional homelands for seven more years.

American Indian homelands were reduced because of—

• the number of growing factories
• broken treaties with the U.S. government
• increases in the buffalo population
• continued battles between different American Indian tribes

Which leader led the Nez Perce from their traditional homelands towards Canada?

• Sitting Bull
• Chief Joseph
• Geronimo
• Squanto

Because there were so few trees on the Great Plains, many frontier families built—

• longhouses
• cabins
• sod houses
• teepees

Why did American Indians fight against U.S. troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• To show their opposition to westward expansion
• To gain representation in Congress
• To force the U.S. government into selling their homelands
• To keep segregation and “Jim Crow” laws from spreading west

Which law directly impacted the lifestyle of American Indians?

• Homestead Act
• 15th Amendment
• Dawes Act
• Exodusters