Chapter 25

Question 1

Sitting Bull, Battle of wounded knee, ghost dance

Answer 1

Sitting Bull is one of the leaders of the Lakota Sioux, who killed Custer, fled to Canada, he returned once his people performed the Ghost Dance which was to remove the white man and bring back the buffalo. The U.S. Army was sent in to stop this dance and went to arrest Sitting Bull and others when during an exchange of gunfire Sitting Bull was killed leaving wounded knee the last Native American Resistance to Federal authority.

Question 2

George A. Custer, Little Big Horn

Answer 2

with the discovery of gold in the Black Hills Custer was led a U.S. army detachment to remove the Native Americans, but was killed in an ambush by Crazy Horse which is also known as Custer’s last stand

Question 3

Geronimo

Answer 3

Apache leader that won respect from American soldiers for his continued efforts to prevent the U.S. Army and white settlers from impeding on his sacred land

Question 4

Helen Hunt Jackson

Answer 4

wrote a Century of Dishonor about the cruel mistreatment Americans and the American government on the Native Americans

Question 5

Oliver H Kelley

Answer 5

founder of the grange which helped farmers socially and educationally. Later turned into the Farmers’ Alliance and Populist Party

Question 6

Frederick Jackson Turner, Safety valve theory

Answer 6

theory that the frontier or land west of the Mississippi River was no longer discernible or possible since it was being used up. The U.S. always had a safety valve by moving west, but free or cheap land was no longer available

Question 7

Dawes Severalty Act

Answer 7

provided 160 acres of land for a Native American family to live on as farmers. Leftover land would be sold and placed into a trust for the Native Americans. Basically, this attempted to Americanize Native Americans

Question 8

Buffalo soldiers

Answer 8

African American soldiers who were mocked because it was said their hair was similar to that of a buffalo

Question 9

Comstock lode

Answer 9

$350 million dollars worth of gold and silver that was discovered in Nevada that caused a rush to strike it rich

Question 10

Long drive

Answer 10

cattle drive taking many cattle from Texas to the railroads to be shipped back east where high profits could occur

Question 11

Homestead act

Answer 11

160 acres of land would be sold to those who lived there for five years and paid a total fee of $30 and roughly $1.25 per acre. Promoted western growth, but much of the land was difficult to farm on

Question 12

Sooner State

Answer 12

people entering Oklahoma early to get free or cheap land.