Author Question: Which of the following characterized frontier communities? A) cooperation among neighbors as a ... (Read 104 times)

yoroshambo · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Which of the following characterized frontier communities?

A) cooperation among neighbors as a form of insurance in a rugged environment.
B) communal households and a trend away from nuclear families and toward frontier polygamy.
C) deep suspicion of neighbors or any outsiders who were not kin.
D) widespread homosexuality because of a shortage of women on the frontier.
E) matriarchal leadership, because the men tended to be away from home for months at a time.

Question 2

As a result of the Red River War,

A) Indian independence on the southern Plains came to an end.
B) Indians in Oklahoma preserved their freedom for another 20 years.
C) Indians defeated white soldiers in most of the battles but lost the war.
D) Indians were able to force the government to grant them control of North and South Dakota.
E) American soldiers massacred what remained of the Cheyenne Indians.