Us History Indians – Flashcards
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In the battle of the Little Bighorn
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Sioux and Cheyenne Indians won a large chunk of the Montana Territory, which they kept for fourteen years.
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Chief Joseph:
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was the peaceful and dignified leader of the Nez Perc indians
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The Dawes Severalty Act
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is correctly represented by all the above statements
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A Century of Dishonor:
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focused the nation's attention in the Indian cause.
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Joseph Glidden
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invented barbed wire
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The Newlands Reclamation Act of 1901:
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provided funds for irrigation
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Buffalo soldiers were:
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black soldiers who served in the West.
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The indian tribe that defeated Custer and put up the greatest resistance to U.S. domination was the:
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Sioux
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Cattle drives:
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delivered herds to slaughterhouses in Chicago
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Bonanza Farms:
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typically had thousands of acres of land or more
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After the Civil War, which of the following became a symbol of a life of freedom on the open range?
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Cowboys.
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The economic development of the American West was based on:
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lumber, mining industries, tourism and farming.
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The Plains Indians:
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included the Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux
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The massive hunting of what of what animal hurt the Plains Indians?
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Buffalo.
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The Indian victory at Light Bighorn:
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came after an unprovoked attack by Indians
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What was the aim of Carlisle, a boarding school for Indians?
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To civilize the Indians, making them "American" as whites defined the term.
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The Dawes Act of 1887:
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sought to break up the tribal system
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The Dawes Act of 1187:
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divided tribal lands into parcels of land for Indian families
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The Ghost Dance
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was a religious revitalization campaign among Indians, feared by whites
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Which event marked the end of the Indian Wars?
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?
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White settlers began wanted the land on the Plains
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Which of the following events occurred first?
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the sand creek massacre
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Why did little of the free land offered by the homestead act end up being claimed by settlers?
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Most of it was taken by people seeking profits
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The education of Plains Indian children traditionally did not include
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books.
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Most native Americans responded to restrictions placed upon them by the us government by
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ignoring the restrictions
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the Mexican vaquero influenced the American cowboy in all of the following areas except
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politics.
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demand for beef in the east contributed to
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the development of the Chisholm Trail
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Most American Cowboys
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used guns to protect their herds.
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1894 is a meaningful date for depicting the status of Indian reservation lands. Use your knowledge of the Battle of Wounded knee and the map to explain why.
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The U.S. Army fired upon 340 starving and freezing Sioux. Within minutes 300 were dead, including children and women. This ends the Indian Wars.
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In 1819, in what part of the country east of the Mississippi would one least expect to find large cities?
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Application Mountains
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Why is it not surprising that several battles took place near the Bozeman Trail?
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Enormous single crop farms of 15000-50000 acres
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How did the state of Utah get its name?
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Derived from the word Ute meaning "people of the mountains"
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This is the vast grassland extending through the west-central portion of the United States
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Great Plains
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This was the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas
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Chisholm Trail
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This ritual was supposed to restore the Native American way of life
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Ghost Dance
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This resulted when the peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho were attacked without warning by the U.S. army. Over 150 inhabitants were killed, mostly women and children.
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Sand Creek Massacre
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This resulted when the U.S. army fired cannons on 340 starving, freezing Sioux; within minutes, 300 of them were dead
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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This colonel's bad judgement in attacking Native Americans warriors at the Little Bighorn River resulted in his death and that of all his troops
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George A. Custer
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This was the supposed to "Americanize" Native Americans by encouraging in them the desire to own property and to farm reservation land distributed to Native American families
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Dawes Act
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This leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux never signed the Treaty of 1868. He helped to defeat the U.S. Army at the Little Bighorn, toured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for awhile, encouraged the Ghost Dance Movement, and was eventually killed during an attempt by reservation police to arrest him.
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Sitting Bull
