Author Question: Perhaps the greatest impact of the Freedmen's Bureau was that it: A) distributed millions of ... (Read 59 times)

Metfan725 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867:

A) created the first Indian reservation in the west.
B) allowed eastern tribes to move back if they chose to be individual citizens.
C) divided Indian Territory into individual allotments.
D) crowded many Indian tribes onto reservations in Indian Territory.

Question 2

Before the European colonists reached the New World, the Indians of western and central North America totaled nearly:

A) 250,000.
B) 500,000.
C) 750,000.
D) 1,000,000.

Question 3

The 1889 land rush:

A) opened up the last Indian-controlled part of Oklahoma for white settlement.
B) only opened a western strip of Oklahoma not assigned to any tribe.
C) forced the Cherokee and Choctaw to abandon their lands.
D) was met with widespread violent Indian resistance.

Question 4

The Five Civilized Tribes' jurisdiction over tribal lands was abolished by the:

A) Curtis Act.
B) Morrill Act
C) Acheson Act.
D) Barnard Act.

Question 5

The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889:

A) was a unique event in displacing Indians from their lands.
B) reversed federal Indian policy that had been in place since the 1830s.
C) brought civilization to what had been an undeveloped wasteland.
D) occurred without the authorization of Congress.

Question 6

Perhaps the greatest impact of the Freedmen's Bureau was that it:

A) distributed millions of acres of land.
B) supervised 3,000 schools.
C) helped blacks integrate white churches.
D) discouraged blacks from entering politics.