The West:1850-1900

Which of the following was NOT a Native American leader in conflicts against the US Army in the period 1865-1900?

• Sitting Bull
• Geronimo
• George Custer
• Chief Joseph

The law that tried to force Native Americans into white culture in 1887 was called the

• Dawes Severalty Act
• Enforcement Acts
• Indian Removal Act
• Tribal Readjustment Act

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

• Moose
• Wolf
• Bear
• Buffalo

Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• Sioux
• General Custer
• Geronimo
• Ulysses S. Grant

What is one example of US governments assimilation of Native Americans?

• Native American schools
• killing the buffalo
• Native American Wars
• Massacre at Wounded Knee

Who commanded the Seventh Cavalry of the United States army at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• George Armstrong Custer
• James Armstrong Custer
• John Smith
• Custer James Armstrong

What did the Homestead Act do?

• It limited immigration
• It regulated businesses
• It increased the tariff
• It gave free land to those who settled in the West

Which event resulted in the death of American general Custer due to being dramatically outnumbered by Native Americans?

• Battle of Wounded Knee
• Battle of Little Bighorn
• Sand Creek Massacre
• The Red River War

Which statement best explains what the Dawes Act did?

• a.  it took tribal lands from Native Americans, cut them into family-sized parcels, and sold leftover land to whites
• a.  it put bounties on buffalo, with the goal of starving the Native Americans
• a.  it gave free land to white settlers
• it allowed the railroads to build on private land

__________________ refers to the belief that Native Americans should give up their way of life to become part of “white” culture.

• Reconstruction
• assimilation
• populism
• cultural separation