Chapter 11 Flashcards
How did the buffalo influence Native American life on the Great Plains?
It provided the Native Americans with more of their basic needs
How did the US government change it’s policy toward Native American land during the 1850s ?
It created new treaties that defined specific boundaries for each tribe
Why did many settlers come to the Black Hill?
Gold was discovered in the region
Which of the followinng correctly describes and effect of the destruction of the buffalo?
Nomadic Native Americans needed to roam greater distances to find food
Which of the following was true of the battle of Wounded Knee? Select 2 correct Answers.
(+ or o) After the Spanish brought horses to New Mexico in 1598, the Native American way of life began to change.
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(+ or o) Native Americans held land in common for use of the whole group
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Who won the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876?
Sitting Bull
In 1887 Congress passed a law which broke up the reservations and gave some of the land to Individual Native Americans to farm; 160 acres to each head of household. It was known as the:
Dawes Act
In 1864 the Massacre at Sand Creek took the lives of over 150:
(+ or o) The expansion of the railroads helped bring about the end of the Native Americans’ way of life.
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A government plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture was known as:
assimilation
EC: Identify Helen Hunt Jackson
A writer who wrote about the Native Americans and how they were being destroyed by settlers
EC: Which popular NFL team recently decided to change its name rather than to be called “racist”
The Redskins
