Native Americans

Each of the following speakers claims to have been a Native American in the Trail of Tears. Based on what you learned, which speaker's statement sounds the most believable?

• Speaker 1: "It wasn't that bad, the solders were nice and the reservations (land) we got was very large"

• Speaker 2: "It could have been better. Solders were sort of grumpy and we didn't get that much land. Several older people died on the trip.

• Speaker 3; "It was a terrible thing. Lots of people died on the way and we are forced on small reservations (land).

Which statement does not relate to the Fort Laramie Treaty?

• In return for this, the US would give Native Americans money, domestic animals, goods, farming tools

• The US delivered this message to the Native Americans and it was immediately accepted because they desperately needed supplies

• We promised that this land would be the Native American’s forever

• this was the way the US asked Native Americans to keep a certain land for their hunting ground

What happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer narrowly defeated Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull

• Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull narrowly defeated Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer

• Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull decisively defeated Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer

• Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer decisively defeated Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull

The The Wounded Knee Massacre happened when nervous US solders fired on Natives after they left reservations in fear because Sitting Bull was shot for spreading the Ghost Dance

• True

• Fales

Select the correct name and purpose for the flagship Indian boarding school.

• West Chester Indian School: To provide a safe place for Native Americans to get a good education

• Carlisle Indian School: to “Americanize” the Native Americans and make them more like us

• Lancaster Indian School: To provide strict discipline to their students with the goal of making them better warriors

• West Chester Indian School: to “Americanize” the Native Americans and make them more like us

An act was passed in the 1870s that authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.

What was it called?

• Dawes Act of 1871

• Grant Act of 1874

• Dawes Act of 1877

• Indian Act of 1874

Which of the following was not something that the Native Americans used buffalo for?

• Food

• Fule

• Shelter

• Transportation

The title Buffalo Soldiers was an insult because buffalo are smelly and slow.

• True

• False

Which of the following was not a challenge faced by the Native Americans?

• Physical/violent conflicts with other Americans

• Killing of the horses of the great plains

• Forced relocation to lands in the West

• Many lives lost on the Trail of Tears

Which of the following was not a way that Native Americans showed the American Spirit?

• Caring

• Determined

• Protective of possessions

• Resilient