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Native American Clashes Practice Quiz

Authored by Casey Aaron Jones

History

9th Grade

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Native American Clashes Practice Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During the time of westward expansion, white settlers began to push westward. The U.S. government felt that the vast expanses of fertile land that native peoples used as communal hunting grounds would be put to better use if it were farmed and settled. Many felt that it was the American's "_______________" to spread across the entire North American continent.

Manifest Destiny
American Dream
Golden Opportunity
Great Expansion

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: White settlers argued that the Native Americans had forfeited their rights to the land because they hadn't settled down to "improve it." Concluding that the plains were "unsettled," migrants streamed westward along railroad and wagon trails to claim the land.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What had the biggest effect in allowing more settlers to move westward?

Killing off of the buffalo

Legislation by the government

Treaties with the Native Americans

The expansion of the railroad

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Native American conflict was instigated by a telegram stating, "I want no peace till the Indians suffer more."

The Battle of Little Bighorn
The Sand Creek Massacre
The Dakota War of 1862

Red River War

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sioux Chief Red Cloud had unsuccessfully appealed to the US government about white settlers using the ______________ through Sioux hunting grounds. This resulted in Indian chief Crazy Horse leading an ambush on Captain William J. Fetterman's company. 80 soldiers were killed. Native Americans called this fight Battle of Hundred Slain. Whites called it the Fetterman Massacre.

Bozeman Trail

Appalachian Trail
California Trail
Santa Fe Trail

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In this treaty, the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River. Sitting Bull did not sign it.

Treaty of Fort Laramie

Trail of Tears

Treaty of Cherokee Nation

Treaty of Great Salt Lakes

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This battle is considered Custer's Last Stand.

Battle of Little Bighorn

Battle of Wounded Knee

Battle of Waterloo

Red River War

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