American Indians on a Closing Frontier #1

What was one of the main problems with the Indian Reservation System?

• the government did not have enough land to give away

• no one wanted to clear the land for the reservations

• government agents did not understand the power structure of American Indian tribes

• the land was allotted only to friendly tribes

What was one of the provisions of the Dawes Act of 1887?

• to divide and distribute land to American Indians

• to remove African Americans from plantations

• to stop sharecroppers from earning enough money to buy their own land

• to prevent the Sioux from rebelling against the Navajo

The government's continuous changing of American Indian policy caused

• many tribes to move to Canada

• distrust of the federal government among American Indians

• Chief Joseph to partner with Sitting Bull

• none of these

The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 encouraged American Indians to

• move east of the Mississippi River

• sell unoccupied lands

• go to high school then college

• join the US military

Who said, "I will fight no more forever." when the Nez Perce surrendered in 1877?

• Little Bighorn

• Crazy Horse

• Chief Joseph

• Geronimo

In the reservation system, American Indian tribes were confined to assigned land with

• great views of the coastline

• free public schools

• military protection

• defined borders

The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 made it clear that tribes

• had to follow laws or move to Canada and Mexico

• were no longer classified as independent nations

• could now hunt without a license

• none of these

Why did many Plains Indians have trouble living on reservations?

• the apartments were too small for their large families

• there was no air conditioning to combat the hot, dry summers

• they were nomadic hunters

• they could not get along with their new neighbors

Why were American Indian children forbidden to speak their native languages?

• to keep them from learning their history

• to promote English in America

• to promote assimilation

• to prevent uprisings at schools

When did more settlers begin moving West?

• months before the Civil War started

• just before the Mexican Revolution

• after the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

• after diamonds were found in the Grand Canyon