10) The Indian Wars

Question 1

1) little crows war

When was it?

Answer 1

1861-62

Question 2

LITTLE CROWS WAR- What happened in 1861

Answer 2

The reservation system was introduced

Question 3

Little crows war- what caused the unrest

Answer 3

There was a bad harvest, and annual government cash was not payed so 12,000 Sioux couldn’t eat

Question 4

Little crows war- what did the Sioux do?

Answer 4

The attacked an Indian agency and killed 700 white settlers

Question 5

Little crows war- what did the war lead to

Answer 5

In 1862 2000 of them were capture and 303 were sentenced to death but due to weak evidence only 38 were actually killed

Question 6

The battle of sandcreek- when?

Answer 6

1864

Question 7

The battle of sandcreek- who did it involve

Answer 7

Te Cheyenne and the Arapaho vs the Colorado territory miltia

Question 8

Sandcreek- what caused the fighting

Answer 8

They Indians refused to move during the civil war

Question 9

Sandcreek- how many Indians were killed?

Answer 9

163

Question 10

Sandcreek- what was so awful about this massacre?

Answer 10

The Indians surrendered but it was ignored and they were killed anyway, they attacked when the Warriors weren’t there (mainly women and children)

Question 11

Sandcreek- where were the men

Answer 11

They were hunting, as instructed by Major Anthony (they deliberately wanted to kill the children)

Question 12

Sandcreek- what did the soldiers do to the dead

Answer 12

They mutilated them and scalped them

Question 13

Red Clouds war- when was it

Answer 13

1865-68

Question 14

Redclouds war- what was it caused by

Answer 14

The Bozeman Trail passed throw Sioux lands and the government failed to stop miners from breaking the peace treaty

Question 15

Red cloud- what did the Sioux do?

Answer 15

Attacked travellers along the trail

Question 16

Red cloud- how did the government respond?

Answer 16

They opened peace talks and planned to build forts all along the trail

Question 17

Red cloud- what happened when they found out about the forts

Answer 17

They attacked the army and sieged them

Question 18

Red cloud- when and what was the fort laramie treaty

Answer 18

1868 and it created the great Sioux reservation, no non Indians were allowed in this land

Question 19

Great Sioux war- when was it?

Answer 19

1876-77

Question 20

Great Sioux war- what did Custer do to upset the Indians

Answer 20

He led and expedition across to black hills which broke the Fort Laramie treaty

Question 21

The great Sioux war- what did the Sioux refuse

Answer 21

To sell the black hills to the government

Question 22

Great Sioux war- when were the Sioux ordered to return to their reservation

Answer 22

December 1875

Question 23

Great Sioux war- what where the army told to do in 1876

Answer 23

Treat all Indians outside the reservations as hostile

Question 24

The battle of Little Bighorn- when was it

Answer 24

1876

Question 25

The battle of Little Bighorn- What did General Sheridan do

Answer 25

He thought up a three pronged attack on the sips Indians who were camping in the valley

Question 26

battle of Little Bighorn- what was a problem for the three columns

Answer 26

They had no way of communicating with each other and they had not found out how many Indians there were

Question 27

Bolbh- what did Custer do wrong?

Answer 27

He refused a Gatlin gun and reinforcements and he deliberately disobeyed orders

He divided his troops and made them too tired and he rose across the wolf Hills so they arrived a day too early

Question 28

Lbh- what else was a problem for the Us Army

Answer 28

The Indians had much bigger numbers and better weapons

Question 29

Lbh- why did the US fail

Answer 29

Becuase they didn’t plan properly and Custer disobeyed orders, only 1 man survived and he was an Indian scout who pretended to be Indian