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Native Americans struggle to survive

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How was buffalo valuable to Native Americans? Choose all that apply

a)

They were helpful in battle

b)

people rode on them

c)

they used them for meat, tools, and thread

d)

Used them for food.

2.

What was the Fort Laramie Treaty?

a)

A Treaty that Sitting Bull proposed to end the battle of Little Bighorn.

b)

Officials wanted nations to stop following the buffalo. In return the government would protect their land.

c)

A treaty stating their freedom

3.

Who was Sitting Bull?

a)

A great Native American leader of the Sioux

b)

A person of Europe who moved into the Native Americans territory and helped with the battle of Little Bighorn

c)

A great Native American leader of the Potawatomi

4.

What is a reservation?

a)

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on

b)

a cone shaped tent made of buffalo skins

c)

An item used for war

5.

What did the Dawes Act do? (2 answers)

a)

Tried to make Native American children more like other Americans

b)

Gave Native Americans extra land for their tribes

c)

Tried to end Native Americans' wandering and turn them into farmers.

6.

The Dawes Act was successful.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who were the Nez Perces?

a)

A group that attacked a band of Cheyennes

b)

A nation that wanted to give up land around Pikes Peak

c)

A nation that lived in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

8.

What was the Sand Creek Massacre?

a)

A name given for when the buffalo started to diminish

b)

Under orders to force Native Americans onto a reservation, Colonel George Armstrong Custer entered Little Bighorn and attacked a large band of Sioux and Cheyennes

c)

Colonel John Chivington and 700 volunteers attacked a band of Cheyennes at Sand Creek,

9.

Fill in the blank to find the definition: Cone shaped tents made of buffalo skin. (all lowercase)

(a)  

10.

Fill in the blank: This poet wrote "A century of Dishonor" which recorded many treaties violated by the government. (all lowercase)

(a)