Native Americans

Question 1

When were the Plains Wars?

Answer 1

1862-1867

Question 2

What were the Plains Wars?

Answer 2

A series of conflicts between Natives and the United States as settlers moved West

Question 3

What was Manifest Destiny?

Answer 3

The idea that it was the god given right of white Americans to move west and claim land

Question 4

When was the battle of Little Bighorn?

Answer 4

1876

Question 5

Why was the Battle of Little Bighorn Significant?

Answer 5

It is significant because it saw the defeat of Custer and his men, leading to outrage among White Americans

Question 6

What was the Homestead Act?

Answer 6

It provided Settlers with 160 acres of land, they would get this for free if they farmed it for 5 years

Question 7

When was the Homestead act introduced?

Answer 7

1862

Question 8

When was the Dawes Act introduced?

Answer 8

1887

Question 9

What was the Dawes Act?

Answer 9

The Dawes act created allotments for Native Americans families to live on

Question 10

Why was the Dawes Act siginifcant?

Answer 10

It ended the communal nature of native tribes and prevented migration, it also forced Natives to farm. First major assimilation attempt

Question 11

When was the Massacre at Wounded Knee?

Answer 11

1890

Question 12

How many died at Wounded Knee?

Answer 12

300 Lakota Natives

Question 13

What caused the Massacre at Wounded Knee?

Answer 13

The US army attempted to arrest Sitting Bull, but killed him in the process afterwards a fight broke out

Question 14

When was the Curtis Act introduced?

Answer 14

1898

Question 15

What did the Curtis Act do?

Answer 15

It weakened Native culture by abolishing tribal courts and subjecting all Natives to Federal Law

Question 16

When was the Muskogee Convention?

Answer 16

1905

Question 17

What was the Muskogee Convention

Answer 17

An attempt by Native Americans to create the state of Sequoyah in Oklahoma, with it own elected delegates

Question 18

What was the Muskogee Convention

Answer 18

An attempt by Native Americans to create the state of Sequoyah in Oklahoma, with it own elected delegates

Question 19

Was the Muskogee Convention successful?

Answer 19

No

Question 20

When was the Society of American Indians established?

Answer 20

1911

Question 21

What did the SAI aim to do?

Answer 21

It aimed to advance the civil rights of Native Americans and promote Pan-Indianism, placing collective unity over tribal loyalty

Question 22

What did the SAI aim to do?

Answer 22

It aimed to advance the civil rights of Native Americans and promote Pan-Indianism, placing collective unity over tribal loyalty

Question 23

When was the Indian Citizens Act introduced?

Answer 23

1924

Question 24

What did the Indian Citizens Act do?

Answer 24

It granted US citizenship to Natives but the majority still could not vote

Question 25

When was the Indian Reorganisation Act?

Answer 25

1934

Question 26

What did the Indian Reorganisation Act do?

Answer 26

it provided Natives funds to repurchase lands, abolished the allotment system, provided excess lands to the tribes, reestablished tribal courts

Question 27

Did the Indian Reorganisation Act have any meaningful change?

Answer 27

Not really, some tribes outright rejected the measures because they required secret ballots to be made. Also, funding was cut due to WW2

Question 28

When was the National Congress of American Indians founded?

Answer 28

1944

Question 29

What did the NCAI do?

Answer 29

They applied pressure to the federal government to resist policies of assimilation and termination

Question 30

When was the policy of termination introduced?

Answer 30

Termination was introduced 1953

Question 31

What did the policy of Termination do?

Answer 31

It cut all funding to Native Americans, dissolved their local governments and relocated them into Urban areas. In attempt of destroying culture

Question 32

Was Termination successful?

Answer 32

Not really, whilst forcing Natives into urban areas and forcing them to live the American lifestyle, some natives grouped again in Ghettos to protect their traditions

Question 33

What were the consequences of Termination?

Answer 33

Native Americans were pushed into poverty and fell subject to both alcholism and substance abuse

Question 34

When was the American Indian Movement founded?

Answer 34

1968

Question 35

What did AIM want to do?

Answer 35

it wanted to combat systemic racism, poverty and brutality

Question 36

What is AIM also known as?

Answer 36

Red Power

Question 37

Where was AIM founded?

Answer 37

Minneapolis

Question 38

When was the siege of Alcatraz?

Answer 38

1969

Question 39

What happened at the siege of Alcatraz

Answer 39

Richard Oaks led 89 Natives to occupy Alcatraz protesting Native American oppression and violation of treaties

Question 40

What was Onieda V. Oneida and Madison Counties, New York?

Answer 40

Successful Native Supreme Court Case in relation to land ownership

Question 41

What was Lone Wolf V. Hitchcock?

Answer 41

Described Natives as wards of the nation, thus they should not have rights

Question 42

When was Lone Wolf V. Hitchcock?

Answer 42

1903

Question 43

What was Fisher V. Montana?

Answer 43

A Court Case that resulted in cases regarding Native adoption being passed to Tribal Courts

Question 44

When was Fisher V. Montana?

Answer 44

1976