Module 2 Section 1: Westward Expansion

Which animal gave the Native Americans their basic necessities?

• Buffalo

• Horse

• Dog

• Cat

The horse allowed the Native Americans to..

• Travel farther

• Eat better

• Live longer

• Hunt better

In the 1850s the government forced the natives to...

• live on particular parts of land (reservations)

• gave them all of the westcoast

• gave them all of the Great Plains

• hunt on all their traditional lands.

Which Native American chief had a vision that prepared the natives for taking on General Custer?

• Sitting Bull

• Crazy Horse

• Red Cloud

• Afraid of Bear the younger

What would happen if the commercial hunters killed all of the buffalo?

• The government would give money to the Natives so they could live.

• Many Native Americans gave up farming and began hunting and gathering.

• They would have to travel farther to find food.

• The Government would give them more land to hunt on.

What was the ghost dance ritual?

• a dance to bring the rain

• A dance to help the white settlers understand

• A dance to prepare to fight

• a dance to restore Native ways of life

The Dawes act made it OK to

• break up and sell reservations to white people

• force Natives to flee

• force Natives to farm and ranch

• establish towns near Railroads

Who were the Exodusters?

• immigrants from Europe

• Great Plains Indians forced to relocate

• Former slaves who settled the Great Plains

• Cowboys who worked long drives.

What did the Carlisle school do to Native Children?

• made them read

• made them work the fields

• made them assimilate

• made them learn a trade