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Which animal is essential to the Indians way of life?

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Buffalo

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2
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What did they use buffalo for?

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Resources

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3
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Indians belived in a great spirit what was it called?

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Wakan Tanka

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4
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Name one of the main Indian tribes.

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The Sioux

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5
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Who was in charge of a tribe?

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Chief

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6
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Name a famous tribal leader.

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Crazy horse

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7
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What was the purpose of a brotherhood?

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To train and protect eachother

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8
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What shape was important to Indians?

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Circle

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9
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What did horses allow the Indians to do?

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Travel and hunt

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10
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Why was land important to Indians?

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They belived it was sacred

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11
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What activities of settlers did Indians find disrespectful?

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Mining

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12
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What was counting coup?

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Touching your enemy instead of killing them

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13
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When was the Indian Removal Act?

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1830

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14
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What did the Indian Removal Act do?

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Removed 46,000 Indians to the west of the Mississippi River

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15
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When was US victory in the Mexican-American War?

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1848

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How did victory in the war affect the plains?

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Sandwiched them in the middle of the USA

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17
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What was the Permanent Indian Frontier?

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Separated Whites and Indians

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18
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When was the Permanent Indian Frontier established?

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1834

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19
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The Indians Appropriations Act of 1851 did what?

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Gave Indians money to help them settle into new land

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20
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What employment did the US government hope the Indians would take up?

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Farming

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21
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What was Manifest Destiny?

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Gods fate allowed the Indians believe it was okay for them to own land

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22
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What was a tipi?

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A nomandic lifestyle home

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23
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What is a travois?

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A way of carrying tipis around when travelling

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24
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Indians practised polygamy, what does this mean?

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Having more than one wife

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25
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Where did the Plain Indians find spirits?

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In all living things

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26
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Why was high land (like mountains) important to the Plain Indians?

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They believed it was closer to the spirit world

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27
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Give an example of land that was very sacred to the Plain Indians

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The Black Hills of Dakota

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28
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Why were tipis round?

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Tipis had a circle base and the circle was a very important shape to the Indians as they believed everything worked in circles.

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29
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How did the Plains Indians contact the spirits?

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Through vision

30
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How did boys gain their adult names?

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They went to the sweat lodge, pray and fast for days

31
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Why were dances important to the Plain Indians?

A

They believed they could reach the spirit world through dancing

32
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What was the sun dance?

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The sun dance was the most important ceremony of the year and was led by the medicine man. They tortured themselves and hoped to get guidance about they question they had asked.

33
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Give an example of another name for a medicine man

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Shaman - could interpet the visions of the younger men. Could contact the spirits of living things

34
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What was the Indians attitude to land?

A

They believed they were part of the land. Such land owned could not be owned by individuals

35
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What did Indians believe in dying in battle?

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They did not believe that dying in battle was heroic. They believed it was more important to return back home alive.

36
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What did the Indians take home as evidence to prove their success in battle?

A

Scalps

37
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What would happen to a warrior if they lost their scalp?

A

They would be sent to the ‘afterlife’ and have to fight there

38
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What sorts of weapons were used?

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  • Bows & arrows
  • Spears
  • War clubs
  • Knifes
  • Shields of buffalo hide
  • Tomahawke (axe)
  • Muskets
39
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Give 3 examples for the importance of buffalos

A
  • Provided resources
  • Provided plenty of food
  • Considered a gift from the great spirit
40
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What sorts of resources was the buffalo used for?

A
  • weapons
  • sinews
  • clothing
  • shoes
  • wool
  • tipis
41
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Who were the 3 m’s (people to emigrate west)

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  • Mountain men (first group to cross the plains)
  • mormons
  • miners
42
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What was ‘The great emigration’?

A

900 pioneers made the dangerous journey west

43
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Who was Joseph Smith?

A

Joseph Smith was the founder of the mormon religion. He found the gold plates with the testements on. He was believed to be visited by one of Gods angels (Moroni).

44
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What were the 3 states the Mormons visited before reaching Salt lake city?

A
  • Kirtland (economic crash)
  • Nauvoo (polygony)
  • Missouri (huge threat)
45
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When was the California Gold Rush?

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1848/9

46
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What were the positives of the Gold Rush in 1848/9?

A
  • Saloons (more money for the buisness and owners)

- Miners has somewhere to live

47
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What were the negatives of the Gold Rush in 1848/9?

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  • Diseases (typhoid, cholera, dysentery and scurvy)
  • Tough laws
  • Violence was common
  • Claim jumping was a very common crime
48
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When was the Front Laramie Treaty?

A

17th September 1851

49
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What was the Kansas - Nebraska Act?

A

2 new terretories behind the Permanent Indian Frontier was created by 1854

50
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What was lowlessness?

A

A time of chaos because people we ignoring the law because there was no one there to enforce it

51
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What was claim jumping?

A

Taking someone else’s claim to plot their own land or mine

52
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When was the Oregon trail set up?

A

1836

53
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What was the Plain Indians nomandic lifestyle?

A

Most Plain Indians followed the buffalo migrations through the summer and the autumn. This meant that they had a nomadic (travelling) lifestyle in these months

54
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What were the pull factors for moving west?

A
  • Freedom and independence
  • Fertile land
  • Space
  • Oregon trail
  • Gold
55
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What were the push factors for moving west?

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  • Collapse of wheat prices
  • Overpopulation
  • Persecution
  • Unemployment
56
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Who was the Donner party led by?

A

Jacob and George Donner

57
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Who was included in the Donner party migration?

A

The Donner party left Missouri for California in May 1846 with 60 wagons and 300 people. The wagon train was well equipped by had more women, elderly people and children then usual.

58
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What disaster took place during the Donner Party migration?

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At Fort Bridger, a smaller group of about 80 people tried to take a short cut. Four wagons broke, 300 cattle died and one man killed another. They arrived late in Sierra Nevada and were trapped by heavy snow.

59
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Who became leader of the Mormons when Joseph Smith died in 1845?

A

Brigham Young

60
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What were the main problems of farming the plains?

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  • Climate (very hot, dry summers and very cold winters)
  • Grasshopper (plagues and other insect pests)
  • Weather (thunderstorms and violent winds)
  • Lack of trees (very little timber for fencing or building )
  • Thick sod (the soil was a tangled mass of grass roots)
  • Prairie fires (dry grass burned easily)
  • Lack of water (very little surface water and very low rainfall)
61
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When did The Fort Laramie Treaty take place?

A

1851

62
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What did the government give the Indians (Fort Laramie)?

A

Money, $50,000 yearly

63
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What did the Indians have to agree to? (Fort Laramie)

A
  • White settlers were allowed to cross the Indian territory
  • Railroad surveyors and military posts in Plains territory.
  • Not allowed to fight other tribes otherwise money would be taken away
64
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What was 2 consequences of Fort Laramie?

A
  • Opened up the West

- Increased Indian reliance upon US government

65
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What would Fort Laramie lead to for the Indians?

A

first step reservations

66
Q

Where did Brigham Young decide to take the Mormons?

A

Salt Lake City

67
Q

Why did Brigham Young decide to take the Mormons to Salt Lake City?

A

It was in Mexico, free from persecution, land no-one else wanted and he researched the route

68
Q

How did Young plan and organise the journey for the Mormons?

A
  • groups of 100 with a leader
  • specific roles
  • wagons into circles
  • pioneer band
  • enough food
  • winter quarters
  • faith
69
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How many Mormons were travelling?

A

15,000

split into groups of 100

70
Q

Who owned the Salt Lake land?

A

the church

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