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2022 NAHM QUIZ 3: US-Dakota War of 1862

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: Mni Sota Makoce, which means, "the land of cloud tinted waters," is the original placename for what is now called Minnesota.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

German settlers in Chicago and in Cincinnati were told, "once you cross the Mississippi, _____."

a)

There is free land

b)

There is more room for more settlements

c)

Nobody lives there

d)

There is already people living there

3.

After the US government broke its promises, some Dakota people went to war. The fighting lasted:

a)

6 weeks

b)

7 weeks

c)

8.5 weeks

d)

10 weeks

4.

The Dakota Oyate (nation) is made up of Seven Council Fires called:

a)

The Bdewakantunwan

b)

The Ihanktunwan

c)

Mitakuye Owasin

d)

Oceti Sakowin

5.

The Dakota people are separated into 3 distinct groups (select all that apply):

a)

Eastern Dakota or Santee

b)

Middle Dakota

c)

Western Dakota

d)

Lower Dakota

6.

Mitakuye Owasin means:

a)

All our relatives

b)

All of creation

c)

All living things

d)

All around us

7.

Which Dakota were the frist to negotiate with the federal government through treaties? They were also the first to rebel against it.

a)

Eastern Dakota

b)

Middle Dakota

c)

Western Dakota

8.

The US-Dakota War of 1862 ended in 1890 at _____.

a)

Fort Snelling

b)

Wounded Knee

c)

Mankato

d)

Battle of Little Bighorn

9.

By 1854, the Euro-American population of Minnesota was more than 30,000. Three years later it topped:

a)

140,000

b)

143,000

c)

150,000

10.

Beginning in the 1830s, US government policy supported the removal of tribes westward to make way for European immigrants. A series of treaties, beginning with an agreement made at the future site of _____ in 1805, led to eventual removal from land that became Minnesota.

a)

Wounded Knee

b)

Mankato

c)

Fort Snelling

11.

Which of the following are factors that cause the US-Dakota War of 1862? (select all that apply)

a)

More and more settlers were flooding into Minnesota

b)

Game animals were scarce

c)

Payments from the US government were late

d)

Although there was plenty of food to store for winter, it was spoiling faster than it could be used

12.

On _____, 4 hungry Dakota hunters killed five white settlers at Acton Township, Meeker County. Some Dakota seized this moment to declare war, and in the morning hours of August 18th, the US-Dakota War began.

a)

August 15th, 1860

b)

August 15th, 1862

c)

August 16th, 1861

d)

August 17th, 1862

13.

On December 26, 1862, _____ Dakota men were hanged at Mankato.

a)

38

b)

49

c)

37

d)

32

14.

Acts of Congress in 1863 revoked all treaties between the US government and Dakota and all but a few protected groups were _____?

a)

Considered fugitives after the war

b)

Exiled from Minnesota

c)

Forced onto Reservations throughout Minnesota

d)

Forced to move to Canada

15.

_____ is the place of origin of the Dakota people. The English name originated after Zebulon Pike came to the isaldn in 1805 and began appropriating Dakota land through deceitful treaties.

a)

Mni Sni

b)

Mni Sota

c)

Taku Wakan Tipi

d)

Pike Island