American West 100

Question 1

how were the tribal chiefs chosen

Answer 1

leadership by merit

Question 2

why was the powers of tribal chiefs limited

Answer 2

leadership was based on shared decision

Question 3

what is warrior brotherhood

Answer 3

a warrior proving bravery

Question 4

what was the role of women in plain indians socioty

Answer 4

cook,make clothes

Question 5

what was a travois

Answer 5

carrior pulled by horse

Question 6

what was a counting coup

Answer 6

a way to demonstrate bravery and skills in battles

Question 7

what was the indian removal act of 1830

Answer 7

forced indians in eastern to move west of the missisipi river

Question 8

what was the indian trade and intercourse 1834

Answer 8

to regulate trade and interactions

Question 9

who did the US defeat in 1848

Answer 9

mexico

Question 10

what was the permanent indian frontier

Answer 10

a boundary established by the US

Question 11

why did the american government encourage migration west

Answer 11

manifest destany

Question 12

why did 300,00 people migrate west in 1848-9

Answer 12

discovery of gold

Question 13

what was the main consequence of the indian appropation act 1851

Answer 13

indian reservations

Question 14

recall one problem with the fort laramie treaty

Answer 14

restricting indigenous people to one area hemming them in with roads and forts

Question 15

what word describes plain indians way of life

Answer 15

nomadic

Question 16

what is manifest destiny

Answer 16

god given right

Question 17

who first travelled on the oregon trail

Answer 17

jhon jacob

Question 18

two consequences of the californian gold rush

Answer 18

mass population and displament of native americans

Question 19

one consequence of low rainfall for setters on the plains

Answer 19

difficulty on growing crops

Question 20

two consequenes of the homestead act

Answer 20

encouraged migration and toke up 6million acres of the plains

Question 21

what act was passed connecting the industrial east and developing west

Answer 21

pacific railroad act

Question 22

which movement encouraged former slaves to move to kansas

Answer 22

exodusters

Question 23

who led the movement

Answer 23

benjamin pap songlton

Question 24

which state was there a land rush in 1893

Answer 24

oklahoma

Question 25

what was dawes plan

Answer 25

aimed to break tribals land into individual

Question 26

three inventions that helped homesteaders between 1854-74

Answer 26

steel plow the reaper barbed wire

Question 27

one consequence of the timber cultural act

Answer 27

many homesteaders failed

Question 28

how did dry farming help homesteaders

Answer 28

deep plowing

Question 29

who went war with the US in 1862

Answer 29

little crow war

Question 30

one consequence of this war

Answer 30

moved into smaller reservations

Question 31

who led the war against the US in 1866 and why

Answer 31

red cloud

Question 32

which two plain indians chiefs refused to sign the second fort laramie treaty 1868

Answer 32

red cloud sitting bull

Question 33

who led the US troops at little big horn

Answer 33

george amrstrong

Question 34

who led the plain indians at little big horn

Answer 34

crazy horse and sitting bull

Question 35

why did the US lose at little big horn

Answer 35

poor strategy

Question 36

one consequence of the US defeat at little big horn

Answer 36

intensified milatry

Question 37

why did the US begin exterminating the buffalo

Answer 37

so plains are desperate and relay on the US

Question 38

what caused the massacre at wounded knee in 1890

Answer 38

the ghost dance move

Question 39

what was the ghost dance

Answer 39

spiritual movement

Question 40

what was announced by the US censura office in 1890

Answer 40

froniter was officially closed

Question 41

how did life on reservations change after 1890

Answer 41

increased government control

Question 42

how many cowboy were wild in texas in 1865

Answer 42

5 million

Question 43

which cattle baron created the town of abilance

Answer 43

joseph mccoy

Question 44

why was founding of abilance important for the cattle industry

Answer 44

railroad connections

Question 45

how much profit was made on each cow sold in chicago

Answer 45

30

Question 46

who founded the goodnight loving trail

Answer 46

charles goodnight and oliver loving

Question 47

two dangers for cowboys on cattle drives

Answer 47

nativie american attack and stapedes

Question 48

how did the open range impact cowboys

Answer 48

decline in cowboy work

Question 49

what was the great die up

Answer 49

massive loss of cattle due to weather

Question 50

one consequence of the great die up

Answer 50

collapse of many cattle ranches

Question 51

two problems for the cattle industry after 1870

Answer 51

barbed wire and overgrazing

Question 52

three common crimes in the sttlements of the american west

Answer 52

murder robbery prostitution

Question 53

two problems with enforcing laws in the west

Answer 53

lack of trained officers and gangs

Question 54

two reasons law enforcement were innefective

Answer 54

lack of training and recources