American west Peg Quiz Flashcards
What was the Indian removal act?
Indians had to move onto the plains
What frontier did the trade and intercourse act in 1834 set out?
Everything west of the Mississippi River and the permanent Indian frontier
When was the Indian appropriations act passed?
1851
What was agreed at the fort Laramie treaty?
The Indians had to let whites travel over their land and the army would protect them
What is a reservation?
A set piece of land for a tribe of Indians to live on
When was little crows war?
1862
Why was little crows war fought?
Starvation and unfair or late payments
What happened at the sand creek massacre in 1864
450 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians were shot
When was red clouds war?
1866-1868
What happened?
Because the Bozeman trail violated treaty’s
What was a consequence of the war?
The general publics opinion changed
What was agreed at at the 1868 fort Laramie treaty?
Set up the great Sioux reservation
What was president grants peace policy in 1868?
Grant attempted to formulate a new humane policy towards Native American tribes that was free of political corruption.
Why did the Sioux refuse $6 million for the black hills
Because the land was sacred
When was the destruction of the southern buffalo herd?
1875
Who was crazy horse?
An Indian warrior
When was the battle of the Little Bighorn?
1876
Why was it a turning point in US/Indian relations?
It proved the Indians were a force to be reckoned with
In what year did crazy horse surrender?
1877
In what year did sitting bull surrender?
1881
When was the northern buffalo herd destroyed?
1883
What was the Dawes act in 1887?
It allocated Indians individual pieces of land to try and make them farmers
What was the ghost dance?
The belief that all white people would disappear the buffalo would come out of the ground and all dead Indians would return
When did the wounded knee massacre take place?
1890
What was the impact of wounded knee?
It marked the end of the Indian way of life
