MCD05 history chapter
17 2024/2025.
The farming of the Great Plains resulted in too much soil erosion. - ANSWER True
Following the Civil War, the United States went on the gold standard. - ANSWER
True
Sod houses were not only practical dwellings on the plains but also pleasantly cool
in the summer and warm in the winter. - ANSWER True
The problems of the American Indians generally had been solved by the 1900s. -
ANSWER False
The Indians were known for being generally peaceful in reaction to white settlement.
- ANSWER False
Most cowboys on the frontier were middle-aged. - ANSWER False
The West Coast was the last area of the United States to be settled. - ANSWER
False
The Indians were unfamiliar with the idea of owning their own land. - ANSWER
True
Meatpackers learned how to ship fresh meat on ice before the Civil War. - ANSWER
False
The decline of the buffalo herds of the West was very damaging to the Indians' way
of life. - ANSWER True
Nevada silver and gold mine. - ANSWER Comstock Lode
Gave 160 acres to settlers - ANSWER Homestead Act
Young cowboys - ANSWER Wranglers
Oliver H. Kelley's farmers' organization. - ANSWER Grange
Gave land to individual Indians for self support. - ANSWER Dawes Act
Bones, hides, and other parts of animals that were not eaten. - ANSWER By-
products
Required the government to buy silver. - ANSWER Bland-Allison Act
Illegally staked land claims in Oklahoma. - ANSWER Sooners
17 2024/2025.
The farming of the Great Plains resulted in too much soil erosion. - ANSWER True
Following the Civil War, the United States went on the gold standard. - ANSWER
True
Sod houses were not only practical dwellings on the plains but also pleasantly cool
in the summer and warm in the winter. - ANSWER True
The problems of the American Indians generally had been solved by the 1900s. -
ANSWER False
The Indians were known for being generally peaceful in reaction to white settlement.
- ANSWER False
Most cowboys on the frontier were middle-aged. - ANSWER False
The West Coast was the last area of the United States to be settled. - ANSWER
False
The Indians were unfamiliar with the idea of owning their own land. - ANSWER
True
Meatpackers learned how to ship fresh meat on ice before the Civil War. - ANSWER
False
The decline of the buffalo herds of the West was very damaging to the Indians' way
of life. - ANSWER True
Nevada silver and gold mine. - ANSWER Comstock Lode
Gave 160 acres to settlers - ANSWER Homestead Act
Young cowboys - ANSWER Wranglers
Oliver H. Kelley's farmers' organization. - ANSWER Grange
Gave land to individual Indians for self support. - ANSWER Dawes Act
Bones, hides, and other parts of animals that were not eaten. - ANSWER By-
products
Required the government to buy silver. - ANSWER Bland-Allison Act
Illegally staked land claims in Oklahoma. - ANSWER Sooners
