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The West: Native Americans

Authored by Brittany Waite

History

8th Grade

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The West: Native Americans
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group

cultural diffusion

amalgamation

assimilation

cultural absorption

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

All of the following were effects of the government's policies on Native Americans EXCEPT:

Native Americans were moved to reservations.

Native Americans died from new diseases.

Native Americans were paid well for their land.

Native Americans were stripped of their culture due to assimilation.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What did Native Americans use the Buffalo for?

Food

Shelter

Clothing

All of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened at Custer's Last Stand in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Custer killed all of the Lakota Indians.
Custer and Sitting Bull made an agreement that the Native Americans Could have their land.
Custer was killed, along with his entire force.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 

Homestead Act 
Morrill Act 
Dawes Act 
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The Dawes Act...

Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What was the true purpose of the Indian Boarding Schools?

The teach Native Americans how to farm and work in a factory
To "civilize" Native Americans
To  give willing Native Americans a chance to learn English
To teach Native Americans how to preserve their cultural heritage

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