Destruction of Indian way of life

Question 1

Impact of the California Gold Rush (1849)?

Answer 1

Gold prospectors killed Indians. Led to the First Fort Laramie Treaty.

Question 2

Impact of Colorado Gold Rush at Pikes Peak (1859)?

Answer 2

Whites trespassed on Cheyenne and Arapaho lands.

Question 3

Gold Rush in Montana (1866)?

Answer 3

Quickest route was via the Bozeman Trail through Lakota Sioux lads. Led to Red Clouds War

Question 4

Impact of Pacific Railroad Act?

Answer 4

Ended Indian’s rights to land.

Question 5

When did Pawnee tribe agree to move onto reservations?

Answer 5

1870

Question 6

Where did the Northern pacific railroad run through?

Answer 6

Dakota
- 10,000 or more Indians lived

Question 7

What led to the Great Sioux War (railroads)?

Answer 7

1870 railroad given 40 million acres of land to sell to settlers.

Question 8

How many Buffalo were killed by Buffalo Bill in a year?

Answer 8

4280

Question 9

When did the buffalo leather industry boom?

Answer 9

1870
- Caused the price of hides to rise.

Question 10

How many buffalo hides sent east in 1873?

Answer 10

750,000