Chapter 17

Question 1

Plain Indians

Answer 1

Broad category of Native American tribes inhabiting the region from the Dakotas to Texas

Question 2

Agreement that moved thousands of plains Indians to reservations in South Dakota

Answer 2

Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868

Question 3

Law meant to break up reservations by parceling out land to individuals, rather than collective ownership; greatly reduced Native American lands

Answer 3

Dawes Severalty Act

Question 4

Wounded Knee Massacre

Answer 4

Massacre of 300 Indians by the U.S. army in 1890: last event in the battle for the Great Plains

Question 5

Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 5

Rail link that transformed the west by encouraged Chinese immigration, bringing settlers west, and quickly shipping goods to eastern markets

Question 6

Law that provided farmland to settlers who moved west

Answer 6

Homestead act of 1862

Question 7

Boom-Bust Cycle

Answer 7

Cycle of quick economic growth(boom), followed by a swift collapse (bust) typical in mining, ranching, and bonanza farming during the late 1800s

Question 8

Who remained resilient and maintained an independent identity that continues today, despite assaults on their lands and traditional ways of life

Answer 8

Plains Indians

Question 9

The transcontinental railroad changed the U.S. by encouraging how many settlers to come to the West.

Answer 9

More than 2.2 million

Question 10

Where did goods get shipped from and where did they go to?

Answer 10

West to the east

Question 11

What boom bust economic cycles did the west consistently exploit?

Answer 11

Mining, ranching, and industrial farming