The Paiute prophet Wovoka promised that which of the following would occur if Indians obeyed his instructions and participated in the ceremony that came to be called the Ghost Dance.

Railroad companies rarely received land grants from the government to help finance the construction of new lines.  

Most practices and objects associated with American cowboys were modified from _____________ ranchers.

Thousands flocked to mining towns in the nineteenth century in search of quick wealth and failed to find it, often remaining as wage laborers in corporate mines.

An important factor in the defeat of the Plains tribes was

All of the following contributed to the Dakota Uprising of 1862 EXCEPT

What was Frederick Jackson Turner’s “Frontier Thesis”?

Much about the American cowboys in the West evolved from Mexican vaqueros.  For example, cowboys adopted Mexican practices, gear, and terms such as rodeo, bronco, and lasso.

No other businesses had attracted such enormous sums of capital as the ________________, and no other ventures ever received such lavish government subsidies.

Approximately what percent of early rodeo contestants were women?