US 2.3 Indian Wars

How did the passage of the Dawes Act impact Native Americans? 

• It started a series of Indian Wars with massive casualties on the Great Plains
• It attempted to assimilate them into mainstream culture by allocating lands to individual Indians.
• Retention of original tribal territory occurred through a peace treaty with the U.S. Army.
• It supported their existing cultural tribal traditions and customs

Which of these factors contributed most to the image shown above?

• Decreased tribal tensions

• Westward expansion

• The Civil War

• Growth of industries

An incident that led to the massacre of Native Americans and symbolized an end to the Indian Wars

• Battle of Bull Run
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
• Little Bighorn
• Wounded Knee

Tribe of Sitting Bull that fought against Western settlers and later started the Ghost Dance Tradition

• Cheyenne
• Sioux
• Apache
• Nez Perce

Identify the Great Plains region using the map

• Green
• Yellow
• Pink
• Blue

As semi-nomadic people, the Native Americans of the Great Plains followed this big game as they hunted them for food

• Moose
• Wolf
• Bear
• Buffallo

A Sioux Indian leader who fought against the US Army in the Sioux War of 1876

• Sitting Bull

• Roman Nose

• Geronimo

• Lincoln

Battle where Sioux and Cheyenne tribes and defeated  Colonel George A. Custer

• Battle of Wounded Knee
• Battle of Bull Run
• Trail of Tears
• Battle of Little Bighorn

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

• Native Americans increased their educational opportunities
• Native Americans  were forced to live on reservations, which separated from white pioneers
• Native Americans could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills
• Native Americans culture became widely accepted by white settlers

An Indian religious movement called _________ predicted the return of the buffalo herds & the disappearance of white settlers.

• Christianity
• Ghost Dance
• Protestant
• Tribal Dance