Western Battles Review Easy

What caused white settlers to move into Indian lands in the Black Hills?

• Disease

• Gold

• Floods back east

• Hunger

Who was being protected by Custer and his troops until they died at Little Bighorn?

• Sitting Bull

• White settlers who were looking for gold in the Black Hills

• British soldiers

• Native Americans who were mad about the white settlers moving into their lands

Why is the Battle of Little Bighorn called Custer's Last Stand?

• Custer and all of the soldiers with him died.

• The battle was a great place to get ice cream.

• Sitting Bull died in the battle.

• Custer set up a jewelry stand to sell gold rings during the battle.

Categorize items into the correct western battle/massacre.

Groups:

(a) Little Bighorn

,

(b) Wounded Knee

• Battle

• 1876

• 1890

• Massacre

Categorize items into the correct western battle/massacre.

Groups:

(a) Little Bighorn

,

(b) Wounded Knee

• 1890

• General Custer dies

• 1876

• Last major conflict w/ Plains Indians

Categorize items into the correct western battle/massacre.

Groups:

(a) Little Bighorn

,

(b) Wounded Knee

• 1/2 of the killed were women and children

• Sitting Bull wins

• About 300 Indians killed

• Custer's Last Stand

Reorder the following

• Homestead Act

  1862

• Gold discovered in Black Hills

  1876

• Wounded Knee

  1890

• Little Bighorn

  1876

• White settlers move into the Black Hills to look for gold.

  1876

Reorder the following

• White settlers move into the Black hills to look for gold.

• Homestead Act

• Gold is discovered in the Black Hills.

Reorder the following

• Little Bighorn

• White settlers move into the Black Hills to look for gold.

• Wounded Knee

Reorder the following

• Wounded Knee

• Little Bighorn

• Gold discovered in the Black Hills

• Homestead Act

• White settlers move into the Black Hills to look for gold.