Sectional Crisis Civil War

Sectional Crisis Civil War

Students will examine how Indigenous people participated in and were affected by the Civil War.

Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. King was also a singer who often incorporated music into her civil rights work. 

Hogwarts Leaders

RavenClaw- 73,670

Hufflepuff- 71,710

Slytherin-67,510

Gryffindor- 61,110

Multiple Choice

Which amendment gave Women the right to vote?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

Fighting in the Civil War

Indigenous people fought on both sides of the Civil War, depending on which side they believed would better protect the interests of their own nation.

Dakota Nation

During the Civil War, the United States failed to meet many treaty obligations with Native nations. In Minnesota, the Dakota Nation stopped receiving payments and food that had been promised for ceded land. They were starving and sought to reclaim their land.

Multiple Choice

Who was the first Hispanic woman to serve as U.S. Treasurer?

• Ellen Ochoa

• Linda Chavez

• Romana Bañuelos

• Lorna Dee Cervantes

Dakota War of 1862

This led to the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. When the Dakota nation surrendered, it suffered mass internment. Lincoln authorized the execution of 38 Dakota soldiers, the largest mass execution in the history of the United States.

Union Conflict

In the Southwest, the Union army drove Texans out of New Mexico and attacked Cheyenne and Arapaho civilians in the Sand Creek Massacre. Next, Union forces led by “Kit” Carson attacked Navajo people when they would not surrender and cede their land.

Multiple Choice

What was the biggest leading factor for the lead up to the Dakota War of 1862?

• Retribution for helping the South during the Civil War

• Dakota Nation stopped receiving payments and food for ceded land.

• The lack of involvement in the Civil War.

• The Dakota nation failing to meet treaty obligations

Expansion by Indigenous Land

After the Civil War, the United States redeployed many federal troops west to continue national expansion by taking Indigenous land. Indigenous people resisted. The ensuing campaigns, which some call the “Indian Wars,” lasted through 1877.

Indigenous Resistance

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought on June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, pitted federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. 

Multiple Choice

Which president authorized the execution of members from the Dakota tribe?

• Ulysses S Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Robert E Lee

Custer's Last Stand

At mid-day on June 25, Custer’s 600 men entered the Little Bighorn Valley. Among the Native Americans, word quickly spread of the impending attack. The older Sitting Bull rallied the warriors and saw to the safety of the women and children, while Crazy Horse set off with a large force to meet the attackers head on. Despite Custer’s desperate attempts to regroup his men, they were quickly overwhelmed. Custer and some 200 men in his battalion were attacked by as many as 3,000 Native Americans; within an hour, Custer and all of his soldiers were dead.

Multiple Choice

The 14th Amendment was initially put into place to protect what group of people?

• indentured servants

• freed slaves

• indigenous groups

• Quakers