Although Wild West Shows celebrated cowboys as quintessentially ...

[NClaborn]

Although Wild West Shows celebrated cowboys as quintessentially American, in truth they shared much in common with the
 
  A) Mexican vaqueros and Argentinean gauchos;
  B) sheepherders of the English Lake District;
  C) crusaders of Medieval Europe;
  D) Barbary pirates of the early 19th century;
  E) Puritans of Colonial Massachusetts.

Question 2

The 1898 Curtis Act
 
  A) gave each Indian tribe 10 million as compensation for wrongs done against them in the past.
  B) established the University of Arizona for Indian children.
  C) dissolved the Indian Territory and abolished tribal governments.
  D) paid the Apaches 5 million in exchange for their move to Mexico.
  E) set the stage for the Oklahoma Land Rush.

[aliotak]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C