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Which of the following best explains why the Battle of Little Bighorn is sometimes referred to as “Custer’s Last Stand”?

A
The Battle of Little Bighorn resulted in the death of General Custer and all two hundred of his troops.
B
The Battle of Little Bighorn was General Custer’s last battle before he retired from the military.
C
The Battle of Little Bighorn was the last conflict the US military engaged in with the Sioux Indians.
D
The Battle of Little Bighorn was the final conflict in the American Indian Wars of the late 1800s.
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To promote assimilation, American Indian children were

A
encouraged to speak their native language.
B
forbidden to speak their native language.
C
encouraged to learn many languages.
D
forbidden to learn English.
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The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 encouraged American Indians to

A
live freely on unoccupied lands.
B
divide their land into 160-acre plots.
C
sell unoccupied lands.
D
live confined on reservations.
4

Under the allotment system, many American Indian families

A
did not farm and ignored the government policy.
B
were successful farmers and competed with white settlers.
C
tried to farm communally and established their own system.
D
made an effort to succeed at farming but often failed.
5

How did the policy of allotment impact American Indians?

A
Many American Indian families received one hundred sixty acres of land to farm.
B
Many American Indian families were never allowed to leave their one hundred sixty acre plot of land.
C
Many American Indian families combined their one hundred sixty acres to farm communally.
D
Many American Indian families traded their one hundred sixty acres to gain wealth.
6

As white settlement increased, the government began to set aside land called _______ for American Indian groups.

A
reservations
B
homesteads
C
plains
D
tribes
7

Which of the following describes an effect of the allotment system?

A
American Indians lost their land.
B
American Indians gained some land.
C
American Indians competed with settlers for land.
D
American Indians farmed with settlers.
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Which statement best describes the impact of the discovery of gold on American Indian territory in the 1850s and 1870s?

A
War broke out among American Indian groups when warring chiefs signed new treaties with the government.
B
War broke out when white settlers pressured the government to take the land from American Indians.
C
War broke out among American Indian groups when some groups sold their land to the government.
D
War broke out when white settlers tried to buy land from warring American Indian groups.
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In the 1870s, when gold was discovered in the Blacks Hills, the federal government first tried to

A
buy the territory from the American Indians.
B
restrict all Sioux Indians to their reservation.
C
call on the US military to resolve the claims issue.
D
sign a new treaty with the area’s tribal chiefs.
10

In the reservation system, American Indian tribes were confined to assigned land with

A
defined borders.
B
flexible borders.
C
unknown borders.
D
natural borders.

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