Eh Flashcards
13th amendment
Abolished slavery
14th amendment
Everyone one who live in the U.S is a citizen in the U.S
15th amendment
The right of citizens of the U.S to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S or by any state on account of race and color
Counting Coup
Indian would go up to their enemy and touch them w/o killing them to prove they were a warrior
The Bozeman Trail
Overload route connecting the gold territory of Montana to the Oregon trail. It crossed the hunting grounds of the Lakota and Cheyenne Indians.
The treaty of Fort Laramie
Treaty requiring the Sioux to live on a reservation along the Missouri River with treaty native Americans were excepted to learn how to farm, live in one house, and take on the white ways
The Black hills
Sacred land to the Sioux. Four years after Fort Laramie, miners begin searching for gold
The Battle of Little Big Horn
Successful war fought by the American Indians against the U.S army in the West . U.S government force the Sioux tribes into their reservation.
The Dawes Act
Authorized the president of the U.S to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians
1 reason Buffalo ending way of life ….
Buffalo gave the Native hospitality such as fur and skin for coats and clothing and for food
What was the massacre at wounded knee
The battle between U.S military troops and Lakota Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota . 300 Sioux men, women , children died. Last major battle of the Indian wars.
Describe cowboys
In winter cowboys hung around the ranch , or lived in the camps , taking rides to stop cattle drifting into open plain . In spring they herd cows with dogs.
What is Open Range and how did barbed wire affect it
A field or place that wide open freely with nothing. Barbed wire helped keep animals in a certain area and it turned into warfare because the cattlemen if the northern herds didn’t like the spreading fences.
5 reasons the whites settlers came west.
Rich farmland , gold , build new life’s, claiming land in Great Plains were easy , railroads brought them wood and coal for fuel
Who was the last band or group of natives to surrender?
Geronimo and his band of Chiricahua Apache (1886)
The Homestead Act
Allowed families to settle 160 acres of government land in the west, in the Great Plains region
The Reconstruction
Refers to civil war and rebuilding the U.S
Sundance
Put two stick into chest dancing until they fell/fainted . They were saying thank you to the spirits for getting them what they wanted
Ghost dance
- Buffalo would come back
- White people would leave
- All dead ancestors will be alive
