Native American Practice Test

Sitting Bull was...

• the leader of the Nez Perce who tried to help his tribe flee to Canada.

• the leader of the Sioux resistance and led them to their victory over the American Army at the Battle of Little BigHorn.

• the leader of the Cherokee who resisted the removal of the tribe to Indian Territory.

• the leader of the Apache who attacked Pioneers as they traveled west along The Oregon Trail.

Native Americans living on the Great Plains were considered________________ because they moved to follow the migrating herds of Buffalo.

• Nomadic

• Brave Warriors

• Stationary

• non-religious

To "Americanize" the Native Americans at the end of 1800s to strip them of their culture and force them to change into farmers, Congress passes the...

• Prescott Act

• Carlisle Act

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

The forced removal of the Cherokees from Georgia to "Indian Territory (Oklahoma) was known as

• The El Paso Trail

• The Oregon Trail

• The Trail of Sadness

• The Trail of Tears

What best describes a Reservation?

• 160 Acres of land given to each Native American Family to live on.

• An area of land set aside for Native Americans to live on to open up the west for settlers.

• Special boarding schools created to send Native American children to to "Americanize them."

• Forgiving Native Americans for any violence caused during the Plains Wars.

In 1890 this event marked the end of Native American Resistance, where 300 Men, Women, and Children were killed by the US Army.

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• SandCreek Massacre

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Battle of Bear Paws

The Battle of Little BigHorn was...

• the greatest victory by General George Custer's military career.

• a defeat of the Sioux against their mortal enemies the Pawnee.

• the greatest defeat of the US Army during the Plains Wars with Native Americans.

• a massacre of 300 Men, Women, and Children that mark the end of Native American resistance of Westward Expansion.

How did the destruction of the Buffalo impact the Native Americans living on the Great Plains?

• Because they relied on the Buffalo for food, shelter, clothing it forces them onto the reservation for supplies promised by the US Federal Government.

• Native Americans began to hunt deer and elk instead.

• Native Americans raised Texas Longhorns to provide themselves with food.

• Traded with the Homesteaders for corn and wheat.

True or False: President Andrew Jackson can be considered both a Hero and a Villain depending on which part of his legacy you examine.

• True

• False

Native American Children were sent to Indian Boarding Schools back east to....

• strip them of their culture to turn them into American Farmers and industrial workers.

• to help them find foster parents back east to live with.

• remove them from the wars back on the Great Plains

• to teach them how to better hunt for Buffalo.