Westward Expansion Test Flashcards
What was the average life expectancy for a Native American on the reservation?
30s
Which was the state where cattle were herded from to begin the Long Drive?
Texas
What state did not have a big amount of gold
mined during this time?
Arkansas
Women were allowed to first vote in local elections in 1869 in what state?
Wyoming
What was the name of the Sioux tribe chief who made the major decisions for his group in Dances with Wolves?
Ten Bears
What is a major city today that began as a boomtown during the late 1800s?
Denver
What state had a ratio of approximately 92 % to 8 % of men to women in 1850 and was very chaotic and violent?
California
What is not true about the Homestead Act?
It was not passed in 1886
John Dunbar (Dances with Wolves) joined which Native American group?
Sioux
What two Native American groups were the primary target during the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864?
Cheyenne & Arapaho
The Medicine Lodge Treaty involved the movement of what group of Native Americans to reservations?
Sioux
What was the ratio of Sioux compared to the cavalry at Custer’s last stand in 1876?
10 to 1
Who was the Native American who had the vision of the Ghost Dance that led indirectly to the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890?
Wovoka
What ethnicity were the primary builders of the railroad from Omaha to Utah?
Irish
Why did Cowboys sing at night?
They believed it had a soothing (calming) effect on the cattle.
