The breakup of the Great Sioux Reserve in the Black Hills into six smaller reservations was representative of larger patterns in that it exemplified

A.
the U. S. government punishing Native American tribes for allying against U. S. army forces.

B.
white settlers taking Native American land in retribution for lives lost in battles for territory.

C.
the U. S. government giving land it had previously allocated to Native Americans to white settlers.

D.
white settlers making an illegal claim to lands that the government had forbade them from entering.

American settlers were able to move west with relative ease to seek their fortunes because of the U. S. government's

A.
provision of 160 head of cattle for each family willing to hold down a homestead for five years.

B.
guarantee of equal opportunities for people of all genders and races when it came to settling land.

C.
willingness to provide them with land traded, purchased, or taken from other countries or peoples.

D.
creation of the Chisholm Trail to make the movement of cattle from ranches to areas with larger markets.

The Panic of 1873 was brought on primarily by

A.
low railroad profits and a drop in the price of grain.

B.
government sales of gold and checks on corporations.

C.
lack of confidence in railroads and the rise of the steamship.

D.
mistrust of monopolies and loss of faith in vertical integration.