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sammy · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following statements does NOT describe the impact of the transcontinental railroad system?

A) The regional economies were able to be linked to a larger national commercial economy.
B) Transcontinental railroads were able to deliver U.S. goods to ships traveling to Asia and South America thereby opening new international markets; most major cities were connected by railroads.
C) The international trade and commerce that resulted from the railroads created jobs for workers in different states, connected regional economies, and drastically lowered the cost of moving foods and other goods.
D) Cities without railroads were able to become vibrant and sustain themselves.

Question 2

By the 1890s, which of the following transportation distinctions could be attributed to most major cities?

A) They were connected by railroads.
B) They had canals.
C) They were by-passed by railroads.
D) Towns near them had railroad connections.

Question 3

The Comanche signed the Medicine Lodge Creek Treaty in 1867 because they decided to give in to the U.S. government's demand that they become farmers and stay within the boundaries of the reservation.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 4

All of the following were elements of President Grant's Peace Policy EXCEPT

A) The first Native American Commissioner of Indian Affairs was appointed.
B) Christian missionaries were selected to manage reservation affairs.
C) Reservations were declared off limits to army troops.
D) Army officers were in charge of implementing reservation policy.

Question 5

What were three goals of President Grant's Indian Peace Policy?

A) Grant wanted to treat the Indian with dignity, end the corruption in the Indian Bureau, and to establish peace.
B) He wanted to maintain the Indian Bureau, end the Plains Indian wars, and establish peace.
C) Grant hoped to establish peace, end the war, and treat the Indian with dignity.
D) He wanted to end the wars, establish peace, and dismantle the Indian Bureau.

Question 6

Pre-Civil War pioneers crossed the Great Plains with no intention of stopping there to start a settlement. The post-Civil War pioneers were intentionally moving to the Great Plains. What events made this area attractive?

A) the passing of the Homestead Act, the ability to farm, and the discovery of mineral wealth
B) the Homestead Act, the absence of tribal unrest, and the discovery of gold
C) the Dawes Act, the Homestead Act, and the discovery of gold
D) the peace between the Native Americans and the U.S. Army, the discovery of gold, and the ability to farm