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CORRECT ANSWERS
By the 1880s mining for ore in the West was dominated by - -large mining
companies
-The Battle of Little Bighorn in which George A. Custer and his men were
killed occurred after - -whites had entered the sacred Black Hills seeking
gold
-This event marked the end of the bloody conflict between U.S. Army and
the Plains Indian - -wounded knee massacre
-Incentives for settlement of the Great Plains came mainly from - -congress
and the railroads
-Surface gold ran out, hydraulic mining was developed and_____ - -
Sediments were released into rivers, choking them and causing floods
-According to Frederick Jackson Turner, American character and culture
were primarily influenced by - -The existence of the frontier and Westward
movement
-Which of the following factors helped Texas longhorn cattle thrive on the
plains - -The could live on grass alone
-Which group of settlers was known as Exodusters - -African American
settlers
-The Dawes Severalty Act - -Offered each Indian head of family 160 acres of
farmland or 320 acres of grazing land
-In 1850s U.S gov policy toward Indians changed from pushing them farther
West to - -Sending the to reservations
-Which of the following is true of the post-Civil War West? - -The white
population in the West increased 5 times faster than of the nation as a whole
-The U.S. gov 2 main motivation for creating Indian reservations were to
gain control over western territories and to - -Convince Native Americans to
live like white Americans
-"Sooners" were settlers who "jumped the gun" in order to - -Claim land in
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