Author Question: The patterns of communities settled by European immigrants to the Great Plains most resembled those ... (Read 83 times)

Jipu 123 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Charles Russell and Frederick Remington were well-known:

A) promoters of Indian assimilation.
B) western artists.
C) authors of best-selling dime novels.
D) explorers who mapped the Colorado River and Grand Canyon.

Question 2

Joseph McCoy and William F. Cody played a leading role in:

A) building western railroads.
B) Colorado industrial mining.
C) staging Wild West shows.
D) establishing schools to integrate Indians into white society.

Question 3

The 1862 Morrill Act:

A) established land grant colleges to teach scientific agriculture.
B) compensated the Sioux for giving up the Black Hills.
C) funded western water projects.
D) established the Grand Canyon as the first national park.

Question 4

Violent crime in the post-Civil War West:

A) was far worse than in the East.
B) rose sharply, but at no greater rates than elsewhere in America.
C) was less serious than in the East.
D) was held in check by professional police forces.

Question 5

The patterns of communities settled by European immigrants to the Great Plains most resembled those of:

A) their American-born neighbors.
B) Mexicanos in the Southwest.
C) urban easterners.
D) Great Plains Indians.