U.S. History (Chapter 13: section 1) – Flashcards
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(born 1876). A Sioux girl sent to a Quaker school at 8 years old who's braids were cut off by her teachers against her will in attempt of assimilating her.
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Zitkala-Sa
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What weapon and animal helped the natives travel farther and hunt more efficiently?
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guns and horses
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most commonly hunted animal by natives
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buffalo
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the practice of touching a live enemy with a coup stick and escaping unharmed
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counting coup
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Name ways the natives gained honor and won prestige. (3)
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- counting coup -killing his enemies -participating in war or raids
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a native amaerican dish consisting of buffalo meat mixed with berries and fat
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pemmican
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in native societies "young men traid to become________ and _______".
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hunters...warriors
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in native societies "the women helped butcher ______ and prepare _____ that men brought back to the camp."
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game... hides
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True or false: one person could lead the entire native american tribe
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false
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medicine men or women
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shamans
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True or false: Native American land was shared as a community.
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true
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True or false: Whites believed in sharing land as a community
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false
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people hoped to find ____ and _____ when settling out west
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gold ... silver
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(Nov. 29, 1864) The attack on 200 warriors and 500 women and children led by John Chivington.
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Massacre at Sand Creek
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"I want no peace until the Indians suffer more."
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General S. R. Curtis
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The two names for the ambush on Captain William J. Fetterman by the Sioux warrior Crazy Horse that killed 80 soilders.
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The Battle of the Hundred Slain / The Fetterman Massacre
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grasslands extending through the west central portion of the United States.
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Great Plains
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the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River; the treaty was forced upon the Sioux leaders.
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
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Sioux leader, A.K.A. Tatanka Iyotanka, that did not sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie; most famous for his battle at Little Bighorn; responsible for the death of George Armstrong Custer; killed by N.A. police at Standing Rock Reservation in December 1890.
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Sitting Bull
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(1874-1875) from years of raiding, this war broke out between the Kiowa and Comanche; U.S. Army leads neighboring tribes into reservations and kills remaining the men of remaining tribes.
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Red River War
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responsible for starting a gold rush in the Black Hills; (1876) killed by Sitting Bull
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George A. Custer
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Sioux leader that appeared in William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West show
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Sitting Bull
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author of the book "A Century of Dishonor"
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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a plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become a part of white culture
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assimilation
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gave some reservation land to individual Native Americans- 160 acres to each head of the household and 80 acres to each unmarried adult; aimed to "Americanize" Native Americans; 2/3 of land sold to settlers; Native Americans never receive money from sale of the land.
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Dawes Act
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white settlers shot this animal for sport, supporting the downfall of this species and food source for Native Americans
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buffalo
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a ritual meant to restore Native American lands and Ways of life; led to Sitting Bulls arrest and death
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ghost dance
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George A. Custer's old regiment
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the seventh calvary
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The Seventh Calvary slaughtered 300 unarmed Native Americans including several children; corpses were left to freeze on the ground
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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a breed of sturdy cattle brought by the Spanish to Mexico accustomed to the dry lands
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longhorn
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another name for a cowboy; cattle driver
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vaquero
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leather overalls
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chaparreras (chaps)
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the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas through Oklahoma to Kansas
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Chisholm Trail
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___% of cowboys were African American; ___% were Mexican
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25 ... 12
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overland transport that normally lasted 3 months
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long drive
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a woman expert sharpshoot who dressed as a man and may have scouted for George Custer
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Martha Jane Burke (Calamity Jane)
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a violent man shot while holding a pair of aces and a pair of eights in a poker game... "dead mans hand"; a spy and scout during the civil war
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James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
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invented by Joseph F. Glidden
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barbed wire
