Cumulative Exam — Cumulative exam Answers

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3

Why did historians and others have difficulty classifying many of the Plains Indian tribes?

A
There were few commonalities among the tribes.
B
There was great variation in the languages that they spoke.
C
They had similar economic and social structures but widely different political structures.
D
They were so heavily influenced by European cultures that they had lost much of their unique cultural characteristics through assimilation.
4

Why did the Lipan and Kiowa Apache tribes clash with Caddoan tribes?

A
The tribes clashed over alliances with Europeans who were battling for control of waterways.
B
They viewed the Caddoan tribes, who had been forced onto the Plains by removal treaties, as intruders.
C
The tribes competed over buffalo hunting grounds.
D
Cultural differences created ongoing tension.
5

Depression cycles are difficult to escape for all of the following reasons except __________.

A
people’s lack of confidence in the economy, which causes spending to remain low
B
lack of production, which leads to increased unemployment
C
decreased spending, which leads to increased production
D
people in debt not making payments, which leads to bank failures
7

__________ was so influential in American Indian trade that President Thomas Jefferson appointed him an agent of Western Indian Affairs in the early 1800s.

A
Auguste Chouteau
B
A. P. Chouteau
C
Joseph Bogy
D
William Becknell
9

Which federal administration created the cattle slaughter program, which helped farmers struggling to sell livestock while also helping to feed many Americans?

A
the Agricultural Surplus Administration
B
the Farm Aid Administration
C
the National Livestock Surplus Council
D
the Drought Relief Service
10

Which of the following was not a result of the Second Seminole War?

A
the United States government spent $40-60 million on the war
B
most Seminole relocated west of the Mississippi
C
after a US victory, the state of Georgia began selling lottery tickets for Seminole land
D
thousands of lives were lost
11

How did Jerome Tiger and the Kiowa Five contribute to Oklahoma’s American Indian culture?

A
by creating and developing modern American Indian art
B
by participating in Olympic and collegiate sports
C
by writing on the American Indian perspective on expansion
D
by documenting cowboys and the frontier through sculpture
12

Which of the following arguments did the US government make during the Medicine Lodge Council to convince Plains tribes to move onto reservations?

A
the eventual extermination of the buffalo
B
Grant’s peace policy
C
rich land in the Indian Territory
D
coal mines in the Indian Territory
13

Conquistadors scoured the mainland of North America in search of __________.

A
fish and furs
B
land and gold
C
silk and spices
D
new foods and medicines
15

The American Indian nations generally supported the efforts to educate their children in a traditional American way because they believed that learning and knowledge would allow them to __________.

A
design a system of government that could compete with the US
B
expand their land holdings though legal maneuvers and political negotiations
C
invent the technology they needed to garner resources from their land holdings
D
preserve and maintain their cultural heritage and political sovereignty
16

Both Union and Confederate forces __________.

A
honored Stand Watie for his contributions to the war
B
recruited African Americans to their armies
C
looted tribal livestock and damaged property
D
signed peace treaties with the Five Tribes to end the war in the Indian Territory
18

Problems facing settlers during the first Oklahoma land run included all of the following except __________.

A
a federal cavalry force that was too small to patrol the entire region
B
sooners sneaking into the Unassigned Lands before the official time
C
multiple claims on the same land, leading to disputes over land claims
D
difficulty finding land claims that would have neighbors in the region
19

Boundaries established by the Adams-Onís Treaty included which three rivers?

A
Arkansas, Canadian, and Red
B
Sabine, Red, and Arkansas
C
Red, Missouri, and Sabine
D
Canadian, Sabine, and Missouri

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