Ch4.L3.p.131-137.GuidedReading

Multiple Choice

True or False: Pueblo Indians and Mexicans welcomed the protection that Americans offered from Navajo and Apache raids.

• True

• False

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True or False: Non-Pueblo tribes felt threatened by the possibility that Americans would take more land.

• True

• False

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True or False: Both Americans and Native tribes trusted the other to uphold treaties.

• True

• False

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Why were forts abandoned when the Civil War began?

• The Native American tribes had overpowered the American forces.

• The U.S. reached a treaty with Native tribes.

• The U.S. needed to transfer the soldiers to other locations to help fight the Confederacy.

• The U.S. ran out of money to maintain the forts.

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True or False: Native Americans felt that the abandoned forts meant they had succeeded in reclaiming their land.

• True

• False

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Why did Native Americans feel threatened after the Civil War?

• Native Americans felt that they were losing their way of life, their land, and their resources.

• The Mexican government swore vengeance upon indigenous people.

• The U.S. believed Native Tribes were part of the Confederacy.

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What animal did Native Americans depend on that American settlers killed by the thousand?

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Why was each side (Native American and White Settler) willing to fight?

(choose two correct answers)

• Each side felt it was their right to protect their land.

• Each side felt they had already fought for their way of life.

• Each side had broken a major treaty between Native tribes and the U.S. government.

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For what purpose were reservations created?

• To keep the Native Americans in a confined space so they'd be unable to continue their attacks.

• To ensure that Native Americans received equal compensation for the lands taken from them.

• The protect Native Americans from white settlers who were raiding their tribes.

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What did the U.S. government promise to Native Americans who agreed to live on reservations?

(choose three correct answers)

• Provide Food

• Provide Shelter

• Help Assimilating to White Culture

• Protection of Native Culture

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This word means to absorb or conform to the customs and attitudes of a particular culture group.

Multiple Choice

Which was the largest and most powerful tribe in New Mexico at the beginning of the Civil War?

• Puebloan

• Apache

• Navajo

• Comanche

Multiple Choice

Why were Navajos raiding white settlements?

• To punish white settlers.

• Because the resources they depended on were becoming scarce.

• To punish Mexican settlers.

• To start a war with the U.S.

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Why was Christopher Carson selected to end the raids?

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• He was a well-known mountain man and trail guide.

• He was a soldier.

• He had spent time with Native American tribes in the Southwest.

• He empathized with the Native American people.

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What is a “scorched earth” policy?

• When the enemy is allowed to keep only the essential things needed for survival.

• When the enemy is forced to burn their own property.

• When everything that belongs to the enemy is deliberately destroyed, forcing them to surrender.

• When a treaty is reached before both enemies destroy one another.

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What did Navajos believe would happen when they surrendered?

• They thought they would be killed.

• They thought they would be forced to leave their land.

• They thought they would be given shelter and supplies.

• They thought they would be given U.S. citizenship.

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miles to Fort Sumner.

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1830

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What killed Navajo people during the Long Walk?

(select 4 correct answers)

• Extreme Cold

• Starvation

• Disease

• U.S. Soldiers

• Rival Native Tribes

Multiple Choice

True or False: When the Navajo arrived, Bosque Rendondo had plenty of water and was already developed into farmland.

• False
• True

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True or False: The food or white settlers (like pork and white flour) made the Navajo sick.

• True

• False

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True or False: The weather and soil at Bosque Redondo helped the Navajo grow plenty of crops.

• True

• False

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How much smaller was the reservation than the Navajo’s homeland?

(Hint: Find the number of square miles their homeland was and subtract from it the number of square miles Bosque Redondo was.)

Multiple Choice

Which “ancient enemy” did the Navajo share the reservation with?

• Ancestral Puebloans

• Comanche

• Mescalero Apache

• Diné

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What led to the Mescalero Apaches returning to their homeland and to sign a peace treaty with the U.S.?

• The U.S. felt bad for the way they treated the Mescalero.

• The settlers of a neighboring community protested the conditions the Mescalero were being forced to live in.

• The conditions at Bosque Redondo were so bad that the Mescalero just walked away.

• The Mexican government reclaimed the land that the reservation was on.

Multiple Choice

True or False: When the Navajos signed a peace treaty to return to their homeland, they experienced less poverty because they had more jobs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Where would famous Apache leaders launch their raids from?

• Mexico

• Their Reservations

• Forts they had taken over from the U.S.

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Which reservation were captured Apaches forced to live on?

• San Carlos

• Bosque Redondo

• Fort Sill

• Fort Union

Multiple Choice

True or False: Geronimo’s capture in 1886 marked the end of the “Indian Wars” in New Mexico.

• True

• False

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True or False: Geronimo was allowed to return to his homeland.

• True

• False

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True or False: The U.S. took advantage of rivalries between tribal nations by using “Indian Scouts” to help them fight and capture Native Americans.

• True

• False

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True or False: Most black soldiers who fought in the Indian Wars were former slaves.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Where did the nickname “buffalo soldier” come from?

• White officers in the U.S. army created it as an insult, comparing the black soldiers to animals.

• Mexican settlers created the name because they thought black soldier's hair and skin color resembled buffalo.

• Native Americans called black soldiers buffalo soldiers because they respected their courage and fighting abilities.

• The U.S. government called them buffalo soldiers because they planned to send them to slaughter.

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How did black soldier contribute to safety in Western settlements?

(choose four correct answers)

• Protect Settlers and Towns

• Protect Travelers

• Protect Mail

• Help build/maintain roads and maintain forts.

• Slave labor on farms.

Multiple Choice

What happened to Native American children living on reservations in the 1800s?

• They were given a free education on their reservation.

• They were made into U.S. citizens, and given all the protections of white settlers.

• They were forced to leave their families to attend boarding schools for the purposes of assimilation.

• They were forced into slave labor on farms near reservations.

Multiple Choice

How old were indigenous New Mexican children when they were sent to boarding schools in Albuquerque and Santa Fe?

• They were forced to leave their families when they became teenagers.

• They were forced to leave their families when they turned 10.

• They were forced to leave their families when they were 16.

• They were forced to leave their families when they were 6 or 7.

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Why did Native American children lose their ability to talk with their families?

• Boarding schools did not allow students to speak with their families.

• They were not allowed to speak their native languages and eventually lost the ability to understand or be understood by their families.

• Most children's parents died on the reservation due to diseases.

• The U.S. postal system did not allow mail correspondence between reservations and boarding schools.

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How did boarding schools affect Native American culture?

• Native Americans were able to continue their cultural practices while at boarding school, so Native culture became stronger.

• Native Americans were forced through a process of assimilation that destroyed their culture.

• Native American culture was not affected by boarding schools.