SD History Unit 4 Lessons 3 - 4

True or False:

Most people traveling the Oregon trail went through South Dakota?

• False, no way

• True, for sure

What animal did settlers say a Miniconjou man had stolen?

What fort did General William S. Harney start that is now Yankton?

• Fort Randall

• Fort Pierre

• Fort Yankton

• Fort Harney

What year was the Dakota Territory created?

What was the capital of the Dakota Territory?

• Yankton

• Centerville

• Pierre

• Sioux Falls

• Big Stone

What was the first legislature in the Dakota Territory called?

What event brought hundreds and thousands of prospectors pouring into the Black Hills?

• Custer and his men finding gold and publishing it in the newspaper

• People wanted to pray to the Native gods

• Everyone thought it was a very pretty part of the state

• The President paid people to sneak onto the reservations

What battle did Custer and all his men die in?

• The Battle of Little Bighorn

• Red Cloud's War

• Crazy Horse's revenge

• The Battle of 1812

Do you think that Europeans/Americans treated the Natives fairly? Why or why not

What year did Custer go to the Black Hills?