American 1 6.1

Colonel George Armstrong Custer is best known for his..

• support of the rights of Native Americans.
• disastrous loss in Battle of the Little Bighorn.
• defeat of the Sioux and Cheyenne in the Indian Wars.
• unsuccessful bid for the presidency.

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

• Cotton
• Deer
• Buffalo
• Gold

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

• farm cooperative
• sooner
• Chisholm Trail
• reservation

What was the last armed conflict to take place between the Native Americans and the U.S. Army?

• The Battle of Tippecanoe
• Sand Creek Massacre
• Wounded Knee
• The Battle of Little Big Horn

What was Wounded Knee?

• A knee that is hurt so bad that needs medical attention
• A serious conflict between the Native Americans and US soldiers
• A conflict that happened when cavalry surrounded the Native Americans when they did their Ghost Dance and it ended up as a fight
• Life happened and that’s why we are here

What were the terms of the Treaty of Fort Laramie?

• The Sioux agreed to move farther west
• The Sioux agreed to live on a reservation
• The Sioux agreed to merge with the Arapaho
• The Arapaho accepted the Sioux as equals

What is the name of the region where most of the Western Expansion took place?

• Old West
• The Great Plains
• The Old South
• Wounded Knee