4.1b Native Americans

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

After the Gold Rush of 1849, people dreamed of a faster, cheaper, and safer way to travel west. What new technology of the 1800's made this dream a reality?

• Pony Express
• Stagecoach
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Wagon Trains

The United States relocation policy resulted in American Indians being--

• sent to live in foreign nations
• taught to become factory workers
• ordered to leave traditional lands
• forced to trade with foreign nations

Westward expansion had the most negative effect on which group of people?

• European immigrants
• African Americans
• Southern farmers
• American Indians

What is the process in which a group makes changes or modifications to become part of the mainstream American culture?

• Conversion
• Acceptance
• Assimilation
• Nativism

What was the purpose for the development of the reservation system for American Indians in the United States?

• Americans wanted to stop American Indians from interfering with white settlers in western lands.
• American Indian victories forced the United States to give them full ownership of Native American land.
• American Indians wanted to live apart from the settlers who claimed their land.
• American Indians wanted to invite American Indians into white society and culture. 

What result of the Indian Wars forever changed life for the American Indians?

• The Reservation system
• Settlement Houses
• Slavery
• Communes

Which event marked the end of the conflicts with American Indians?

• Plight of the Nez Perce
• Battle of Wounded Knee
• Battle of Little Bighorn
• Chivington Massacre

Which was most likely the biggest problem faced by American Indians on reservations?

• Reservations were far from the places where other tribes were located.
• Reservations were built close to towns and cities.
• Reservations were located on dry wastelands that were unwanted by settlers.
• Reservations were separated by railroad tracks. 

The Dawes Act broke up__________ and gave_________of land to Native Americans.

• reservations; allotments

• pueblos; parcels

• tribes; allotments