Trail of Tears and Battle of Little Bighorn

Why did George Custer lead his troops against the Lakota Native American tribe?

• to protect the farms of white settlers

• to recapture territory lost to Native Americans

• to force Native Americans to move to reservations

• to end a conflict between the Lakota and Cheyenne tribes

What act forced the Cherokee from their lands in Georgia and North Carolina?

• the Long March

• the Trail of Tears

• the End of Our Nation

• the Starving Time

Which of these is a reason why Native Americans were moved to reservations in the late 19th century.

• reservations offered educational opportunities

• their traditional homelands were taken away from them

• the reservations were near their homelands

• the populations grew too large for their traditional lands

Which of the following is also called "Custer's Last Stand" because General Custer was killed while attacking Sioux and Cheyenne Native American tribes?

• the Red River War

• the Black Hawk War

• the Battle of Tippecanoe

• the Battle of the Little Bighorn

What was Andrew Jackson's policy toward Native Americans?

• Jackson was the first president to recognize Native American groups as sovereign nations.

• Jackson's policy focused of the speedy removal of Native Americans from their lands.

• Jackson focused on working directly with Native American leaders to resolve conflicts.

• Jackson believed that Native Americans were equal to whites and worked for their civil rights.

How did the Louisiana Purchase affect Native Americans/

• Native Americans were forced off their lands as more Americans moved into the Louisiana Purchase territory.

• As more Americans settled in western territories, Native Americans peacefully integrated into American society.

• Many Native Americans became wealthy by selling their land to Americans that wanted to settle in the American West.

• Native Americans were only allowed to keep their lands if paid a purchase price to the US government that now claimed them.

What was the main reason that some white settlers in the American West took lands that were occupied by Native Americans?

• they wanted to profit off of the lands

• they wanted to learn native customs

• they wanted to limit the effects of Mexican culture

• they wanted to improve the Native Americans' lives

As the US expanded westward, which of the following was NOT a means by which they acquired land?

• by fighting wars with other countries that held lands

• by fighting wars with Native American Indians that held the lands

• by purchasing land from other countries

• by purchasing land from Native Americans