Wars for the West

Which of these describes the Massacre at Wounded Knee?

• Sioux's last major victory

• the last major incident of the wars on the Great Plains

• the battle where Geronimo surrendered

• the worst defeat suffered by the U.S Army on the Great Plains

In 1876, General Custer suffered the worst defeat of the U.S. Army on the Great Plains at the ____________________________________ against Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.

• Battle of Rosebud

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Ghost Dance

• Wounded Knee

What event did NOT lead to the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

• gold discovered on the Black Hills reservation

• Lakota Sioux refused to give up land

• Custer attacked and was massacred

• the completion of the transcontinental railroad

Which of these describes the Massacre at Wounded Knee?

• the Sioux's last major victory

• the last major incident of the wars on the Great Plains

• the battle where Geronimo surrendered

What kind of warfare was used on the western front in World War 1?

• gorilla

• trench

• old school

• naval

Which groups of Native Americans fought the US Army in several battles over land rights?

• Sioux and Apache

• Navajo and Nez Perce

• Sioux and Nez Perce

What was the federal policy towards the Plains Indians in the 1860s and 1870s?

• forced Native Americans to assimilate and "Americanize"

• moved Native Americans off their lands and onto reservations

• acceptance of the Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887 - encouraging private land ownership

Apache leader who continued to fight against the U.S. Army until 1886

• Crazy Horse

• Geronimo

• Sitting Bull

• Chief Joseph

The army commander who lost to the Sioux at Little Bighorn

• Chief Joseph

• Sarah Winnemucca

• George Armstrong Custer

• Daniel Boone

The last great victory for the Sioux, where they defeated Custer

• Battle of the Little Bighorn

• Massacre at the Wounded Knee

• Long Walk

• Ghost Dance