Battle for the Great Plains

What American Indian opposed American westward expansion and defeated the U.S. army at the battle of Little Bighorn

• Chief Joseph
• Sitting Bull
• Geronimo

General Custer and the 7th Cavalry were defeated at the

• Battle of Wounded Knee
• Battle of Fallen Timbers
• Battle of Little Bighorn
• Battle of Wabash

What event marked the end of conflicts with American Indians?

• Battle of Little Bighorn
• Chivington Massacre
• Battle of Wounded Knee
• Plight of the Nez Perce

What one animal meant the most to the Plains Indian's survival?

• Cows

• Buffalo

• Wolves

• Wild dogs

Identify the Great Plains region using the map

• Green
• Yellow
• Pink
• Blue

The Great Plains region is well-known for their 

• rolling hills and small shrubs
• mountains and valleys
• flat, treeless prairies
• rivers and marshalnds

What battle was a major victory for the Sioux against General Custer?

• Battle of Little Bighorn
• Battle of Tippacanoe
• Battle of Fallen Timbers
• Battle of Horseshoe Bend

Why did many settlers on the Great Plains build their first house from sod instead of wood?

• Wood was very scarce on the Great Plains
• Sod is a better product
• Sod would hold better

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

• farm cooperative
• sooner
• Chisholm Trail
• reservation

Why did the initial settlers of the Great Plains go out west?

• California Gold Rush
• To escape the war
• It looked like fun
• The war with Mexico