Chapter 5 - Cultures Clash on the Prairie

What is the Great Plains?

• A) A mountain range

• B) The grassland region of the United States

• C) A desert

• D) A river basin

The Dawes Act was a law that did what?

• Created new states

• Broke up Native American reservations

• Established national parks

• Built railroads.

The Battle of Wounded Knee was a massacre of which group?

• Apache

• Sioux

• Cherokee

• Navajo

The _______ allowed Native Americans to hunt more easily and to travel farther.

• Horse

• Train

• Car

• Bicycle

The _______ was a major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas.

• Oregon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Chisholm Trail

• California Trail

Why did Indians and settlers fight each other?

• Over land and resources

• Over cultural differences

• Over trade routes

• Over religious beliefs.

Who were the first cowboys in America?

• Native Americans

• Spanish vaqueros

• African Americans

• Mexican ranchers

Between 1866 and 1885, about 55,000 cowboys worked the plains. What percentage of these cowboys were African American?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

What did bad weather in the 1880s do to many ranches?

• Improved them

• Wiped them out

• Expanded them

• Modernized them

Who were the exodusters?

• Native American tribes

• African-American settlers in the West

• European immigrants

• Chinese railroad workers