Go West!

Which law directly impacted the lifestyle of American Indians?

• 15th Amendment

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Exodusters

Which of these words is defined as the "process of one cultural group being absorbed into another"?

• Perception

• Reservation

• Assimilation

• Opposition

Why did American Indians fight against U.S. troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• To keep segregation and "Jim Crow" laws from spreading westward

• To gain representation in Congress

• To show their opposition to Westward Expansion

• To force the U.S. government into selling the Indian homelands

Which battle negatively impacted an American Indian nation?

• Wounded Knee

• Apache

• Nez Perce

• Little Bighorn

American Indians were forced to relocate from their traditional homelands onto_________.

• Canadian Territories

• 40 Acre Farms

• Federal Reservations

• Share-cropping Plantations

How did the Transcontinental Railroad transform life across America?

• People began to welcome and embrace immigrants from China and Irelan

• The relocation of American Indians became easier with the railroad

• It provided an economic link between eastern and western states

• Goods from Europe could now be transported to America

American Indian boarding schools______________

• helped Plains Indians learn how to use new inventions

• forced Plains Indians to accept white culture

• taught Plains Indians how to mine for gold and silver

• gave Plains Indians the skills needed for land ownership

Which of these does NOT describe the physical features or climate of the Great Plains?

• Land eroded by wind

• Land eroded by water

• Low rainfall

• Continuous rainfall

Before the Battle of Little Bighorn, who was it that predicted an American Indian victory?

• Geronimo

• General Custer

• Chief Joseph

• Sitting Bull

Because of new technologies, people saw the Great Plains not as a treeless wasteland, but as ________.

• land for Indian reservations

• an area to relocate all new immigrants

• a site for a new national park

• a vast area to be settled