Chapter 17

Question 0

What animal was the key to culture of nomadic life?

Answer 0

Bison

Question 1

Name 3 Plains Indian tribes.

Answer 1

Cheyenne, Comanche, Sioux

Question 2

What was the goal of the Indian wars?

Answer 2

Move Indians to reservations that were arid, barren lands which were useless to whites

Question 3

What was the last great Indian War?

Answer 3

Sioux War

Question 4

Who was a renowned Indian fighter?

Answer 4

George Armstrong Custer

Question 5

Who was a famous Indian medicine man?

Answer 5

Sitting Bull

Question 6

What Indian leader brought 2,000 warriors against Custer at little big horn?

Answer 6

Crazy Horse

Question 7

Who was the chief of the Apaches?

Answer 7

Geronimo

Question 8

Who was the chief of the Nez Perce?

Answer 8

Chief Joseph

Question 9

Who wrote a “Century of Dishonor”?

Answer 9

Helen Hunt Jackson

Question 10

What act broke up tribal land and offered citizenship to Native Americans?

Answer 10

Dawes Act

Question 11

What act encouraged traditional tribal life?

Answer 11

Indian Reorganization Act

Question 12

Who governed the puppet government Napoleon III established in Mexico during the Civil War?

Answer 12

Maximilian I (later executed when France moved out of Mexico)

Question 13

What treaty settled long standing disagreements with Britain?

Answer 13

Treaty of Washington

Question 14

What were the terms of the Treaty of Washington?

Answer 14

• US awarded $15M for damages in Civil War
• Gained possession of Islands between Vancouver and Washington
• Fishing rights off the coast (US paid $5M)

Question 15

Who negotiated the Treaty of Kanagawa to open Japan to Western influences?

Answer 15

Commodore Matthew Perry

Question 16

What is Pan-Americanism?

Answer 16

Movement toward greater unitry among nations in the Western Hemisphere

Question 17

What policy in China opened up free trade?

Answer 17

China’s Open Door policy

Question 18

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

Answer 18

Movement against foreigners in China

Question 19

What is Imperialism?

Answer 19

Extension of power by one people or country over another

Question 20

What Seward’s folly?

Answer 20

Purchase of Alaska from Russia

Question 21

Who was the last ruler of Hawaii?

Answer 21

Queen Liliuokalani (disapproved of influence of white settlers, attempted to reestablish native control)

Question 22

Name 3 people who worked in missions during this time?

Answer 22

Hiram Bingham, Jonatan Goforth, and Lottie Moon

Question 23

What is ‘Yellow Journalism’?

Answer 23

Sensational and unfounded stories in newspapers

Question 24

What did the De Lome letter contain?

Answer 24

Derogatory comments about the President by Spanish ambassador, was intercepted and printed

Question 25

What major event enraged Americans, leading to the Spanish-American war?

Answer 25

Sinking of the U.S. Maine

Question 26

Where was the US victory over the Spanish fleet in the Pacific by Commodore George Dewey?

Answer 26

Manila Bay

Question 27

What did the US gain from the Spanish-American war?

Answer 27

US gained Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico (ruled Cuba as a protectorate for several years)

Question 28

Who ran in the election of 1900? What was the main issue?

Answer 28

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) vs. William McKinley (Republican); Imperialism