Westward expansion and Native Americans

The result of the Homestead Act was:

• Farmers still refused to settle the Plains.
• Few settlers took advantage of the land offer.
• Immigrants and farmers flocked to the Plains.
• Settlers were driven back by hostile Indians.

Who led the Battle of Little Bighorn, where George Custer and his men were killed.

• Chief Joseph
• Geronimo
• Wounded Knee
• Sitting Bull

What Nez Perce leader tried to escape forced relocation, but finally gave up when winter set in with his group 30 miles from the Canadian border.

• Chief Joseph
• Geronimo
• Wounded Knee
• Sitting Bull

This massacre took place when the Lakota, having little to eat, performed the Ghost Dance--believing the dead would rise and lead them to good hunting grounds.

• Chief Joseph
• Geronimo
• Wounded Knee
• Sitting Bull

This Apache resisted giving up his homeland and led raids on settlers.  He was arrested and sent to a U.S. prison.

• Chief Joseph
• Geronimo
• Wounded Knee
• Sitting Bull

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

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

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 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