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What is the Battle of Little Bighorn known as?
Custer's Last stand
The last war in the American Revolution
The start of Westward expansion
None of the above
Which of the following people was the leader of the Native Americans who defeated Custer and his men?
Major Marcus Reno
General George
Crazy Horse
1. Who fought against the Native Americans in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
A. 7th Calvary
B. 8th Brigade
C. 7th Squadron
D. 8th Company
A
B
C
D
Who signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830?
Thomas Jefferson
Donald Trump
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
The law ordered all Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River to move to ________
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Canada
The dangerous journey the Cherokee, Muskogee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole nations were forced to take was called?
(a)
What treaty was signed in 1868?
(a)
Why were Native Americans forced out of the Black Hills?
gold was discovered
the president wanted to live there
they wanted more land
An act signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830 that authorized the removal of American Indians from their original homes.
Trail of Tears Act
Indian Removal Act
Louisiana Purchase
The land that Native Americans were forced to settle in after marching the Trail of Tears was called_______________.
Reservation
Sanctuary
Indian Land
_____________was a disease that was introduced to many Native American by white settlers.
Smallpox
chickenpox
dehydration
Native Americans were NOT forced to relocate to reservations.
True
False
The Native American community still feel the impacts from the Trail of Tears today.
True
False
The Trail of Tears started in Georgia and ended here_____.
Florida
Alabama
Mexico
Oklahoma
The last of many conflicts between the Lakota Sioux and the U.S. government.
Battle of American Indians
Battle of Wounded Knee
Battle of Sioux
Battle of the Trail of Tears
What were the two leading causes of the decrease in the Native American population? (Choose TWO)
Warfare
Buffalo stampedes
Disease
Assimilation
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.
The American Indians were forced to leave their homelands because the government wanted
to open American Indian lands for settlement by white settlers.
to punish them for not fighting in the American Revolution.
to give them better access to education and job opportunities.
to allow the government to sell American Indian lands to Canada.
Why did General George Custer and the US Army attack the Lakota, the Cheyenne, and other American Indians during the Battle of The Little Bighorn?
The US government wanted to end a war between the Lakota and the Cheyenne.
The American Indians would not give up their land and move onto reservations.
The US government wanted the American Indians to move from Little Bighorn to Georgia.
The American Indians took over the town of Little Bighorn and forced the settlers to leave.
What happened to General Custer and the United States soldiers during the Battle of The Little Bighorn?
They beat the Cheyenne, Lakota and other tribes.
They were sent back to Washington DC to fight against the British.
They made a treaty with the Cheyenne, Lakota and other tribes.
All 210 of the soldiers and Custer were killed.
Westward expansion impacted American Indians
by taking away their lands.
because they were forced to live on reservations.
by making it more difficult to keep their culture.
all of the above
Treaty of Fort Laramie
was an expression of deepest grief about the loss of native americans ways of life. A special dance to communicate with the dead.
In this treaty, signed on April 29, 1868, between the U.S. Government and the Sioux Nation, the United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people
the belief that Americans had the right, or even the duty, to expand westward across the North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Land-Grant College Act of 1862 that provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in “agriculture and the mechanic arts.”
Assimilation
African Americans that moved to Kansas, thought that land was set aside for slaves by the government. 1870s
land set aside to Native Americans by the U.S. government.
Blending in with the established culture. Native Americans
legislation passed by congress that split up Indian reservation lands among individual Indians and promised them citizenship in 1887
Reservations
land set aside to Native Americans by the U.S. government.
the first wire technology capable of restraining cattle. Wire fences are cheaper and easier to erect than their alternatives
Tension between plains Indians settlers and the u.s. army grew into a long period of violence known as the Indian Wars 1864-1876. ended at the massacre of Wounded Knee.
soldiers referred to the black cavalry troops as "buffalo soldiers" because of their dark, curly hair, which resembled a buffalo's coat and because of their fierce nature of fighting.
Treaty of Fort Laramie
was an expression of deepest grief about the loss of native americans ways of life. A special dance to communicate with the dead.
In this treaty, signed on April 29, 1868, between the U.S. Government and the Sioux Nation, the United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people
the belief that Americans had the right, or even the duty, to expand westward across the North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Land-Grant College Act of 1862 that provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in “agriculture and the mechanic arts.”
Battle of Wounded Knee
Wounded Knee, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, was the site of two conflicts between North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. government. An 1890 massacre left some 150 Native Americans dead, in what was the final clash between federal troops and the Sioux.
the belief that Americans had the right, or even the duty, to expand westward across the North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custer's Last Stand, marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. The demise of Custer and his men outraged many white Americans and confirmed their image of the Indians as wild and bloodthirsty
Land-Grant College Act of 1862 that provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in “agriculture and the mechanic arts.”
Battle of Little Bighorn
Tension between plains Indians settlers and the u.s. army grew into a long period of violence known as the Indian Wars 1864-1876. ended at the massacre of Wounded Knee.
legislation passed by congress that split up Indian reservation lands among individual Indians and promised them citizenship in 1887
Blending in with the established culture. Native Americans
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custer's Last Stand, marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. The demise of Custer and his men outraged many white Americans and confirmed their image of the Indians as wild and bloodthirsty
Sioux Indians
In this treaty, signed on April 29, 1868, between the U.S. Government and the Sioux Nation, the United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people
the advancing border that marked those lands that had been settled by Europeans. It is characterized by the westward movement of European settlers from their original settlements on the Atlantic coast
a confederacy of several tribes that speak three different dialects, the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota. The Lakota, also called the Teton Sioux, are comprised of seven tribal bands and are the largest and most western of the three groups, occupying lands in both North and South Dakota
A town that has grown very rapidly as a result of sudden prosperity by gold and silver mining .
Who was the leader of the Sioux Indian tribe?
(a)
