Native American Wars Notes Quiz

Why did the conflict between Native Americans & settlers increase after the Civil War?

• Because settlers wanted to live in peace and harmony with Native Americans

• Because Native Americans wanted to assimilate into mainstream American society

• Because settlers wanted to establish homes across traditional Sioux hunting grounds

• Because Native Americans were given control of the region

Does General Sheridan support the buffalo hunters?

• Yes, because he says for the government to send them ammunition & guns

• Yes, because they are exterminating the buffaloes

• No, because they are placing the army at a great disadvantage

• No, because they are covering the prairies with speckled cattle

What did the Sioux Indians agree to under the Treaty of Fort Laramie?

• To move to the Black Hills reservation

• To fight against the American settlers

• To establish the Bozeman Trail

• To defend their land from the American settlers

What happened in 1874 to endanger the agreement made under the Treaty of Fort Laramie?

• Gold was discovered in the Black Hills

• The Sioux Indians were forcibly moved onto reservations

• The American settlers agreed to leave the Sioux hunting grounds

• The Sioux Indians signed a new treaty with the American government

Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• Colonel George A. Custer's 7th Cavalry

• The settlers

• The Native Americans

• The U.S. military

What happened as a result of the Sioux's victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• The Sioux were defeated in 1877

• The government increased its efforts to conquer the tribes

• The Sioux signed a peace treaty with the U.S. military

• The Sioux were given control of the region

What was the Dawes Act?

• An act that gave Native Americans control of their reservations

• An act that allowed Native Americans to keep their tribal culture

• An act that divided Indian reservations into privately owned homesteads

• An act that provided vocational training for Native American youth

How did the Dawes Act impact the Native Americans?

• It allowed them to claim 160 acres of land

• It sold off Native American lands to white settlers

• It increased their efforts to conquer the tribes

• It forced them to drop their Indian names

How did many Americans view Native Americans in the 1880s?

• As peaceful and harmonious people

• As assimilated members of mainstream American society

• As a threat to peace and harmony

• As equal citizens with the same rights

How did the negative view of Native Americans impact the way they were treated?

• They were given control of the region

• They were allowed to keep their tribal culture

• They were forcibly moved onto reservations

• They were provided vocational training