Chapter 6 Review

Which word means "land set aside by the US government for American indians"?

• reservation

• allotment

• mission

• surveyors

Which of these words means "a small homestead created by the Dawes Act out of former reservation land"?

• reservation

• survyeors

• allotment

• homestead

The main job of an agent was to

• oversee life on a reservation

• report back to tribal leaders

• teach lessons in tribal schools

• find new lands for reservations

Which reason best explains why nomadic tribes were the last to be forced onto reservations?

• They wanted to keep their traditional way of life.

• They hunted bison and other animals for food.

• They were better warriors than the farming tribes.

• They lived farther west than the farming tribes.

1. 1. Tribal governments lost their power.

2. 2. There were no more tribal lands.

3. 2. The US government ruled most of the Native tribes in Nebraska.

4. This list describes what?

• allotments

• surveyors

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Wild West shows

Susan La Flesche is best known for

• becoming the first American Indian medical doctor.

• guiding her tribe through the Ponca Trail of Tears.

• saving the life of Chief Standing Bear in Nebraska.

• starting the first American Indian boarding school.

The Dawes Act allowed the president to

• move white settlers onto reservations.

• help nomadic tribes grow their own crops.

• force farming tribes to build new villages.

• break up tribal lands into small homesteads.

The Lakota Sioux were forced to move to reservations after

• railroads came to South Dakota.

• the start of the Plains Wars.

• gold was found in the Black Hills.

• a peace treaty with George Custer.

Which two tribes moved to Nebraska after being forced from their land?

• Winnebago

• Omaha

• Santee Siou

• Ponca

• Pawnee

The main goal of Indian boarding schools was to teach Native children how to

• paint and draw.

• write in their own language.

• live like white people.

• celebrate their culture.