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Social Studies Midterm

Create an artistic representation of Plains Native Americans, railroads, and cattle ranching in the American West during the 19th century.

Social Studies Midterm Quiz

Test your knowledge of American history with this comprehensive quiz on Plains Native Americans, the railroads, and the cattle industry. With 148 engaging questions, you'll explore key events and figures that shaped the West.

Key Features:

Multiple-choice and matching questions
Covering diverse topics from native cultures to economic reforms
Score your understanding and learn more about this fascinating era

161 Questions40 MinutesCreated by GallopingCoyote42

Plains Native Americans relied on buffalo for food, shelter, and clothing

True

False

At the Sand Creek Massacre, about 200 Sioux were murdered as army troops opened fire after the Sioux had surrendered

True

False

The Ghost Dance represented a way for Native Americans to return to the reservations

True

False

In 1881, Helen Hunt Jackson wrote a book that told of the destruction of native culture

True

False

The rail line that provided the most direct route from San Francisco to Cheyenne was the

Kansas Pacific

Atlantic and Pacific

Union Pacific

Southern Pacific

What is significant about the points where the Goodnight-Loving Trail and Chisholm Trail ended

They both ended in large cities

They both ended in Oklahoma

They both ended in the South

They both ended at railroads

How did the federal government help with the construction of railroads?

It hired Stanford and his partners to build a transcontinental railroad

It sent people to the West to look for gold and silver

It gave railroad companies land in the West

It organized the Union Pacific Railroad to help the Central Pacific lay tracks

What role did Asa Whitney play in the construction of the railroad

He was the first person to propose building a transcontinental railroad

He planned the route of the railroad from Omaha to Sacramento

He convinced the government to give companies land for laying railroad tracks

Which phrase best describes most cattle ranches after the 1800s

Farther away from railroad lines

Smaller, with cattle eating home-grown feed

Located near cattle trails and cow towns

Much larger, with cattle grazing on prairie grass

The battle of wounded knee signaled the

Beginning of many Sioux victories

End of all indian wars

Change in the governments Indian policy

Need for a bigger calvary

The transcontinental railroad

Led north

Led south

Connected the East with the West

Was completed in the 1900s

The cattle industry in the West began when

Cowhands began to herd cattle on the Chisholm and goodnight loving trails

Longhorns that escaped from Spanish ranches formed stray herds

New railroads made it possible for ranchers to ship beef to both eastern and western markets

A land rush in 1889 brought tens of thousands of settlers to

South DAkota

Nevada

Idaho

Oklahoma

The homestead act encouraged people to nove west because it

Established ranching towns for cattle drivers

Offered free land to those willing to farm it

Offered land to gold prospectors

All of the following helped farmers push for higher prices and other economic reforms EXCEPT the

Farmers' Alliance

Dawes Act

National Grange

Populist party

What did Native Americans hope to gain in return for agreeing to stay in one place?

The right to be undisturbed in their land

Rights to mine gold and silver

The return of the buffalo herds

The passage to the dawes act

Foreign immigrants to the West worked as all of the following EXCEPT

Cowhands

Soliders

Railroad workers

Miners

Source of gold and Sliver in Nevada

Comstock Lode

Reformer who wrote A century of Dishonor

Comstock Lode

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on

Comstock Lode

Town in Utah where the two parts of the Transcontinental railroad were joined

Comstock Lode

Mexican cowhand

Comstock Lode

Group of farmers who pool their money to buy supplies at lower prices

Farm cooperative

Settlers who received free land from the government

Farm cooperative

Farmers who had to cut through thick grass to reach the soil below

Farm cooperative

Land-hungry settlers who sneaked onto free homesteads in Oklahoma before the land rush and grabbed the best land

Farm cooperative

Spring was the best time for the **Long trips during which cattle herds were moved from Texas to Kansas and Missouri**

Farm cooperative

Much of the American cowhand's gear was borrowed from the **Spanish cowhands**

Farm cooperative

By the 1870s, the **great western ranching region** stretched from Texas to Kansas and Montana

Farm cooperative

Abilene, Kansas, was one of the **settlements at the end of a cattle trail**

Farm cooperative

(Railroads/Cowhands) led to a boom in the cattle industry as Texans found a way to ship cattle to markets in the East and West

Railroads

Cow Towns

Cowhands were (high-paid/low-paid) laborers known for staying calm in the face of danger

High-paid

Low-paid

The myth of the "Wild West" came from the idea that the West was (full of wild animals/a place of adventure)

Full of wild animals

A place of adventure

(Harsh weather/ An increase in mining) and an economic depression helped bring about an end to the cattle kingdom.

Harsh weather

An increase in mining

Lines that connected the United States from coast to coast

Transcontinental railroad

Group of self-appointed law keepers formed by miners

Transcontinental railroad

Government offer of land or money to railroad companies

Transcontinental railroad

Some wandering groups pulled their belongings on

Travois

Sioux leader ________ defeated General George Custer at the Battle of little bighorn

Travois

Many native americans were forced onto _____ during the late 1800s

Travois

Many plains people lived in _______ made of buffalo skins

Travois

Stockholders face fewer risks than owners of private buisnesses because they can lose only the money they invest

True

False

The knights of labor limited membership to skilled laborers, so their bargaining power was greater than other unions

True

False

Violence at workers' demonstrations, such as the one in Haymarket Square in Chicago, made Americans see unions as radical

True

False

In the late 1800s, many immigrants came to the USA from Africa

True

False

Immigrant aid societies helped new arrivals with clothing, housing, and language classes

True

False

Some nativists experienced prejudice and bias, and many had trouble learning English

True

False

Some people believed that the new immigrants would not be able to assimilate because they were too different from native born Americans

True

False

What advance was necessary before electricity could light entire cities?

Morse code

The transportation revolution

The power plant

The telegraph

Which group of people would most likely support social Darwinism

Union leaders

Factory owners

Unskilled workers

Steel mill workers

Why did pullman workers go on strike

Their wages had been cut

Their working conditions had become too dangerous

They were no longer allowed to ride on the trains

Which statement best describes the relationship between the **change in labor force** and the **shifts in population**

Rural population shrank as the urban grew

The population became more urban as the workface became more industrial and professional

The population became urban as the workface had become more agricultural

The workface became more professional and less agricultural

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, which region sent the most immigrants to the United States

Southern and eastern Europe

Northern or western Europe

Which of the following contributed to the growth of cities between 1860 and 1890

New technology such as electricity and steel

Migration of farmers from rural areas looking for jobs

Improved attractions such as department stores, museums, and professional sports temams

All of the above

Which of the following was NOT a way that the government supported industrial growth after the Civil War?

The federal government imposed high tariffs on imported goods

Congress gave land grants to railroads

The federal government limited the number of patents issued yearly

Congress have subsidies to some buisnesses

All of the following factors contributed to the growth of newspapers in the late 1800s EXCEPT

The newspapers use of more crowd-pleasing features

The newspapers focus on womens issues

Compulsory education

The growth of cities

A settlement house was a place where

Services were offered to the poor

Immigrants first settled

Reformers met to plan new housing

Many families lived in tiny appartments

Steel was important to industrial growth after the civil war because

Iron was no longer available

Steel manufacturers could make a lot of money producing it

It could be made stronger and cheaper than iron

There were no other materials like it that could be used for building and industry

The purpose of writers who wrote realist literature was to

Describe life in foreign lands

Write biographies

Help people forget their troubles

Show life as it really was

WIth which of the following statements would a nativist agree?

"Immigrants must search for opportunity in the US"

"Immigrants help to make this country a better place to live"

"Immigrants need to help each other adapt to life in the US"

"Immigrants steal jobs from people who were born in this country"

Why did states improve public education after the civil war?

To ensure that people knew their civic duties

To develop an educated work force

To ensure that workers were obediant

To create a moral society

Thomas Edisons's research laboratory in Melon Park, New Jersey, was called an invention factory because

It revolutionized manufacturing by producing electricity

Created hundreds of inventions, such as the light bulb and phonograph

A person who sets up new business to make

Entrepreneur

The manufacturing method that puts a product together as it moves along a conveyor belt

Entrepreneur

Practice in which unions negotiate with management for workers as a group

Entrepreneur

The sensational reporting style of some newspapers during the late 1800s

Entrepreneur

The process of becoming part of another culture

Entrepreneur

**The inventor of the telephone** had been a teacher of the dead

Alexander Graham Bell

**The "Wizard of Menlo Park" ** invented the light bulb, the phonograph, and hundreds of other devices

Alexander Graham Bell

Henry Ford introduced the **method of production in which workers add parts to a product as it moves past them

Alexander Graham Bell

An inventor must obtain a **document giving him or her the sole right right to make and sell an invention**

Alexander Graham Bell

The (telephone/light bulb) sped up the pace of business even more that the telegraph had

Telephone

Lightbulb

The invention of the (camera/typewriter) is 1868 changed office work

Camera

Typewriter

In 1903, (Orville and Wilbur Wright/ George Eastman) tested a flying machine

Orville and Wilbert Wright

George Eastman

Through (patents/mass production) Henry Ford made it possible for more people to own cars

Patents

Mass production

The _______ limited membership to skilled laborers so their bargaining power was greater than the other unions

Knights of Labor

American Federation of Labor

The founder of the Hull House

Mother Jones

Community centers that offered service to the poor

Mother Jones

The large movement of large numbers of people from rural areas to cities

Mother Jones

Buildings divided into many tiny appartments

Mother Jones

In the late 1800s, many immigrants came from africa

True

False

Airless rooms belowdeck on a ship

Steerage

Person who opposes all forms of government

Steerage

Process of becoming part of another culture

Steerage

Author of huckleberry Finn and popular realist author

MArk Twain

The requirement that children must attend school up to a certain age

MArk Twain

Publisher of the New york world newspaper

MArk Twain

_______ was an author who was famous for his realistic writing about miners and sailers

Mark Twain

Jack London

In the late 1800s, cubans revolted against harsh American rule

True

False

The battles of the Spanish-American War ere fought on land only

True

False

The explosion of the battleship Maine angered Americans an helped lead to war with spain

True

False

As a result of the Spanish-American War, Spanish turned Puerto Rico over to Cuba

True

False

Toward the begging of the twentieth century, many Americans began to

See the advantages of isolationism

Apply the notion of Manifest Destiny to land overseas

Feel ashamed for thinking of others as "lesser race"

Question the usefulness of overseas trade

Why did President Cleveland reject a proposal to annex hawaii

He believed Hawaii was too far away to be useful

Queen L (Lauren) had agreed to give up her throne

He believed that the US marines lacked the strength to invade hawaii

He believed the the revolt against L had been illegal

WHo eventually voted to annex Hawaii

The people of hawaii

Us congress/president mckinley

Us congress/ president roosevelt

Us congress/ presidentcleveland

What was Us secretary of state john hays plan to allow all nations yo trade with china on an equal basis

The exclusion policy

The open door policy

When McKinley succeed Cleveland in 1897, he

Tried to continue Clevelands neutral policies

Immideatly launched an invasion of cuba

Who or what caused the explosion of the Maine

Spanish soldiers

Cubans

No one knows

The 1898 peace treaty ending the Spanish-American war led to

More spanish colonies

An american overseas empire

Self government for Puerto rico and the phillipeans

US annexation of cuba

What aspect of the 1898 spanish american treaty angered many americans

It gave cuba independance

It tempted the US to make colonies

Spain gave $20 million to the US

Which country became a protectorate of the US in 1902

CUba

Guam

Puerto Rico

WHich country in the US overseas empire gained independance in 1946

Puerto rico

The Philippines

Why did Colombia refuse Roosevelt offer of $10 million to build a panama canal

Roosevelt had not offered any annual rent

The people of panama had complained to Colombia about the deal

Colombians thought the offer was too low

A citizen of which country acted for panama at the signing of the canal treaty

The US

Colombia

Panama

France

Which president stated that US foreign policy should support worldwide democracy?

President cleveland

President Roosevelt

President wilson

President taft

What incident in 1914 led President Wilson intervene in Mexico

The arrest of some US sailors in Tampico

Poncho Villas raid on COlumbus, New Mexico

General Pershings raid across the border

The start of the Mexican revolution

Why did Wilson send several thousand US soldiers across the Mexican border in 1916

General pershing raided and burned columbis, New mexico killing 18 Americans

Francois Villa raided and burned Columbus, New Mexico killing 18 Americans

`WHich of the following influenced the expansionist mood in the United States

The turner thesis

The roosevelt corollary

AFter 1853, Japan agreed to

Trade with the United States

Sell ALaska

Stop all trade with Russia

Sell Hawaii

Which of these statements BEST explains how the US gained parts of Samoa

The Samoan government asked yo become an American territory

The US and Germany divided Samoa between them

The US defeated the German fleet in a naval battle

WHich of the following Best restates the roosevelt corollary

When the neighbors of the US get into disputes with foreign nations, the US doesnt have the right to become involved

When the neighbors of the US got into disputes with foreign nations have the right to get involved

AN effect of the SPanish American WAr was that

Puerto Rico and the Philippeans beccame American territories

Cuba was annexed to the US

The US gained colonies in Spain

One of the leading American voices calling for the US to intervene in the revolt in CUba belonged to

William Randolph Hearst

President Grover Cleveland

The spread of biased, often false, information to win support for a cause

Propoganda

The right of a group to decide its own form of government

Propoganda

Led a revolution in Russia in 1917

Propoganda

American anti-war activist and Social Party presidentail candidate

Propoganda

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand DREW more than 20 countries into war largely because of

Communism

Nationalism

Alliances

Militarism

The selective service act required young men to

Perform voluntary public service

Become "FOur minute men"

Under the espionage and sedition acts, some people went to jail for

Speaking german

Expressing antiwar veiwpoints

Hiring women

The Bolsheviks seized the Russian government under the leadership of

KArl MArx

Vladimir Lenin

John J Pershing

About how long was it between the Bolshevik Revolution and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

4 months

8 months

A year

What event drew United STates into WW1

The sinking of the Lusitania

The interceotuon of the zimmerman telegram and the overthrow of Russia's tsar

WHy did suffragists urge women to support the war effort

They hoped the war would help women win the right to vote

They hoped the war would inspire women in Germany

Following World War I the three top European allies wanted to

Rebuild austria hungary

Increase the size of germanys military

Punish Germany

WHo led Senate opposite to the Treaty of Versailles because he objected to US membership in the league of nations

David Lloyd Georgie

JOhn J Pershing

Henry Cabot Lodge

President Wilsons Fourteen Points included a proposal to

Make self determination illegal

Put limits on world trade

Give a large amount of german territory france

Form an international organization to guarantee world peace

Type of fighting in which soldiers dig in and fire from opposite sides of a "no mans land"

Trench warfare

Pride in ones nation or ethnic group

Trench warfare

Glorification of the military

Trench warfare

Deadlock in which neither side can score a victory

Trench warfare

The _______ ensured that any conflict between two powers would quickley involve others

Alliance system

Stalemate

The 1914 ______ of archduke ferdinand sparked WW1

Assassination

Nationalism

When fighting began, President WIlson proclaimed "strict and impartial ____"

Peace

Neutrallity

One in four American WW1 draftees and recrutes ______, or unable to read and write

Illiterate

_________was chosen by President Wilson to head a new Food Administration as part of the war effort

Illiterate

In order to contribute to an ALlied victory, the US had to ______ an army quickly

Illiterate

Thousands of "Four Minute Men" were recruited to deliver breif patriotic speeches in public places

True

False

Vladimir Lenin embracesd the theories of (Karl MArx/Kaiser Wilhelm II) who belived that workers would unite and overthrow the ruling class

Karl Marx

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Germany called its series of MArch 1918 attacks the "(war/peace) offensive"

War

Peace

Senator who opposed US membership in the League of Nations

Henry Cabot Lodge

Pay,emts to cover war damages

Henry Cabot Lodge

EVen before the war ended, President Wilson had presented his peace plan, known as the ________.

Four Points

Big FOur

The anger of the ________ at the treaty of Versailles would later set the stage for another world war

Germans

US CItizens

Following WW1, Serbs joined with others Balkan to form _____

Austria

Yogoslovia

Hungary

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