The West: Native Americans

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

• cultural diffusion

• amalgamation

• assimilation

• cultural absorption

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.

What did Native Americans use the Buffalo for?

• Food

• Shelter

• Clothing

• All of the above

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.

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

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

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

What happened at Sand Creek in 1864?

• The Navajo started their "Long Walk."

• The US Army killed many Native Americans.

• Native Americans gave up their fight for lands.

• Native Americans killed many settlers.

Use the illustration of the buffalo and information from the article to select the TRUE statement.

• The buffalo provided much more than food to the Plains Native Americans.

• The Plains Native Americans struggled to use and store the buffalo before it went bad.

• The buffalo were no longer useful after the Plains Native Americans got horses.

• The Plains Native Americans had to make special tools to hunt the dangerous buffalo.

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the NA move east
• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supple and resources
• the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had