The American Yawp Exam Questions with
Verified Solutions
1. The Homestead Act granted official title to160 acre plots of land after
how many years of settlement?
a. One year
b. Two years
c. Five years
d. Seven years
C. Section 2- Additionally they have to file a claim and benefit their land by creating
wells, building houses and keeping the fields healthy.
2. What economic opportunity drew the most migrants to the West?
a. Railroad work
b. Gold mining
c. Military work as Indian fighters
d.Access to land for agriculture
B. Section 2- although gold was the reason people moved, they benefited the land
they moved to.
3. The Dakota Uprising of 1862 began with what event?
a. Civil War Era reforms to western Indian policy
b. The death of five white settlers at the hands of four young Santee men
c. A Sioux ambush at Redwood Ferry
d. Governor Alexander Ramsay’s new use of the militia to disarm Sioux hunters
B. Section 2- Dakota warriors then attacked and killed 31 settlers
4. How did President Lincoln respond to the Sioux Uprising
a. Attempted to commute the sentences of captured Indians in order to maintain
peace
b. Ordered the execution of 303 by hanging
c. Demanded the surrender of Sioux territory in Minnesota
d. Create a new alliance with Taoyateduta (known to Americans as Little
Crow) in order to eliminate future conflicts
A. Section 2 - Lincoln Commuted everyone except 38 out of 303.
5. What did the United States demand from the Comanche leading to the Red River
War?
a. They had no demands. The official policy of the U.S. government was to
call for the extinction of the Comanche
b. The Comanche were instructed to worship the Christian God and
renounce their traditional spiritual practices
c. The United States demanded that the Comanche settle on government
reservations
d. The Red River War did not involve the Comanche
, C. Section 2- Many refused to leave
Verified Solutions
1. The Homestead Act granted official title to160 acre plots of land after
how many years of settlement?
a. One year
b. Two years
c. Five years
d. Seven years
C. Section 2- Additionally they have to file a claim and benefit their land by creating
wells, building houses and keeping the fields healthy.
2. What economic opportunity drew the most migrants to the West?
a. Railroad work
b. Gold mining
c. Military work as Indian fighters
d.Access to land for agriculture
B. Section 2- although gold was the reason people moved, they benefited the land
they moved to.
3. The Dakota Uprising of 1862 began with what event?
a. Civil War Era reforms to western Indian policy
b. The death of five white settlers at the hands of four young Santee men
c. A Sioux ambush at Redwood Ferry
d. Governor Alexander Ramsay’s new use of the militia to disarm Sioux hunters
B. Section 2- Dakota warriors then attacked and killed 31 settlers
4. How did President Lincoln respond to the Sioux Uprising
a. Attempted to commute the sentences of captured Indians in order to maintain
peace
b. Ordered the execution of 303 by hanging
c. Demanded the surrender of Sioux territory in Minnesota
d. Create a new alliance with Taoyateduta (known to Americans as Little
Crow) in order to eliminate future conflicts
A. Section 2 - Lincoln Commuted everyone except 38 out of 303.
5. What did the United States demand from the Comanche leading to the Red River
War?
a. They had no demands. The official policy of the U.S. government was to
call for the extinction of the Comanche
b. The Comanche were instructed to worship the Christian God and
renounce their traditional spiritual practices
c. The United States demanded that the Comanche settle on government
reservations
d. The Red River War did not involve the Comanche
, C. Section 2- Many refused to leave
