11-3 Quiz Native Americans

To get rid of the Plains Indians and to prepare for the railroads, “whites” hunted and killed the _______ almost to extinction.

• Horse

• Coyote

• Buffalo

• Eagle

The federal government supported the settlement of the American West by passing the __________ in 1862 and giving title to the land to anyone who could farm and cultivate it for five years.

• Morrill Act

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Sherman Anti-trust Act

One of the last Indian wars was a victory for the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians who had congregated in southeastern Montana, in June 1876. It was the _________.

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Battle of Fort Sill, OK

• Massacre at Wounded Knee

Which one of the following Indian battles is considered the last of the Indian Wars and took place in South Dakota in 1890?

• Little Bighorn

• Sand Creek

• Wounded Knee

• Washita

What caused many of the uprisings between Native Americans and white settlers on the Great Plains?

• Most of the uprisings were caused by broken promises and treaties on the part of whites.

• Most of the uprisings were caused by cowboys and ranchers who were here before the Native Americans.

• Most of the uprisings were caused by the United States Supreme Court because they couldn’t decide if Native Americans were citizens or not.

• Most of the uprisings were caused by Native American groups that fought other Native American groups over land.

The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Americans by ___________?

• Giving Native Americans food and clothing for the winter.

• Giving Native Americans gold for taking the land.

• Giving Native Americans reservation land divided into allotments for farming.

• Giving Native Americans boarding schools so they can be educated.

George A. Custer's big mistake at the Battle of Little Bighorn was ______________?

• Custer underestimated the number of Sioux and Cheyenne camped along the Bighorn River and the capabilities of the warriors present there.

• Custer underestimated the hot and humid weather in Montana in June and many of the cavalry's horses died from de-hydration.

• Custer thought the Little Bighorn River would be dry and easily passable but it was not.

• Custer believed that the Sioux and Cheyenne warriors were no match for his cavalry.

The Dakota Sioux Uprising occurred because _________?

• White settlers had hunted the buffalo to extinction by 1860.

• Annuity payments were not reaching the Dakota people and many were on the verge of starvation.

• President Lincoln was executing Native Americans by the thousands out here on the prairie.

• The federal government was forcing them to adopt their previous way of life.

It was the ___________ where Colonel John Chivington slaughtered hundreds of Cheyenne and Arapaho followers of Black Kettle.

• Dakota Sioux Uprising

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Fetterman’s Massacre

The last tragic confrontation between Native Americans and the federal government took place at ____________ in South Dakota.

• Sand Creek

• Mankato

• Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee