Westward Expansion

What animal was key to the lives of the Natives Americans?

• Cattle

• Buffalo

• Horses

• Deer

Land set aside for Native Americans

• Farms

• Plains

• Homestead Act

• Reservations

The largest Indian Reservation was in

• New York

• Kansas

• Oklahoma

• Arkansas

This connected the East coast to the WEst coast of the United States

• Central Pacific

• Union Pacific

• Mississippi River

• Transcontinental Railroad

The purpose of this act was to force Native Americans to be farmers

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Reconstruction Act

• Farming Act

The Great Plains battle marked the site where surrendering Native Americans were massacred

• Wounded Knee

• Gettysburg

• Standing Rock

• Fort Laramie

Which explains why Native Americans opposed the white settlers that moved west during the 19th century

• The white settlers were using Native Americans as slaves

• Majority of Native Americans were ruled by the Spanish

• There was not enough grain for the settlers and Native Americans

• White settlers forced Natives Americans to leave their homes

How did the Plains Indians view the environment

• should be exploited to benefit their people

• should be protected and saved for future use

• nothing in the environment should be used or disturbed

• The Bureau of Indian Affairs should manage its usage

Battle that resulted from the discovery of gold in the Black Hills

• Wounded Knee

• Fort Laramie

• Sutter's Mill

• Little Bighorn

The officer that led an attack on Native Americans at Little Bighorn

• Buffalo Bill Cody

• Andrew Jackson

• George Custer

• Chief Joseph