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The Indian Wars

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who created the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

King George III

c)

Benjamin Franklin

2.

What is the French Indian War?

a)

object strongly and publicly

b)

a person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition

c)

(1754–1763) was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies

3.

In the 1750s, Britain and France went to war over what land?

a)

Ohio River Valley

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

River Bend

4.

What is a colonist?

a)

a settler or inhabitant of a colony

b)

a consequence or outcome of something

c)

describing in more detail

5.

How did white European settlers moving west past the Appalachian Mountains negatively affect American Indians? (p. 8)

a)

They wouldn't trade with them so new ideas were not exchanged.

b)

They kept stealing American Indians' crops so that they could survive.

c)

They caused the British to attack Indian settlements.

d)

They took more and more of the American Indians' lands.

6.

Which government document, signed by the British king, prevented colonists from settling in the Indian Territory that was beyond the Appalachian Mountains? (p. 6)

a)

Watauga Compact

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Transylvania Treaty

d)

Indian Removal Act

7.

Which leader believed that American Indians should neither sell land nor trade it for goods? (p. 7)

a)

Dragging Canoe

b)

Little Carpenter

c)

Nancy Ward

d)

John Sevier

8.

What was the primary cause of the Indian Wars in the United States?

a)

A) Disputes over land ownership

b)

B) Religious differences

c)

C) Language barriers

d)

D) Trade disagreements

9.

Which famous battle marked the end of the Indian Wars?

a)

A) Battle of Little Bighorn

b)

B) Battle of Wounded Knee

c)

C) Battle of Tippecanoe

d)

D) Battle of Fallen Timbers

10.

Who was the leader of the Nez Perce during their resistance against the U.S. government?

a)

A) Sitting Bull

b)

B) Crazy Horse

c)

C) Chief Joseph

d)

D) Geronimo

11.

What was the significance of the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)?

a)

A) It ended the Mexican-American War

b)

B) It granted the Black Hills to the Sioux

c)

C) It established the Oregon Trail

d)

D) It created the state of Oklahoma

12.

Which U.S. policy aimed to assimilate Native Americans by allotting them individual plots of land?

a)

A) Indian Removal Act

b)

B) Dawes Act

c)

C) Homestead Act

d)

D) Morrill Act

13.

What was the Ghost Dance movement?

a)

A) A Native American spiritual movement

b)

B) A military strategy

c)

C) A trade agreement

d)

D) A peace treaty

14.

Which Native American leader was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

a)

A) Sitting Bull

b)

B) Crazy Horse

c)

C) Red Cloud

d)

D) Geronimo

15.

What was the primary goal of the Indian Peace Commission established in 1867?

a)

A) To negotiate peace treaties with Native American tribes

b)

B) To relocate Native Americans to Canada

c)

C) To establish trade routes

d)

D) To convert Native Americans to Christianity