Plains Indians

Question 1

When was the Gold Rush?

Answer 1

1849

Question 2

How many moved to California?

Answer 2

100,000

Question 3

What was the population?

Answer 3

300,000 by 1855

Question 4

When was the Economic Crash?

Answer 4

1837

Question 5

How many were left unemployed?

Answer 5

25%

Question 6

Why did people want to move to Oregon?

Answer 6

Because there was rich farming land

Question 7

What trail did people use?

Answer 7

The Oregon Trail

Question 8

Who was it first published by?

Answer 8

Jedidiah Smith in 1825

Question 9

Who first used the trail?

Answer 9

The Fur Trappers

Question 10

By 1846 how many had migrated using the trail?

Answer 10

1846- 5000

Question 11

What is manifest destiny?

Answer 11

The belief all white Americans should populate the whole of the USA

Question 12

When was the Transcontinental Railroad built?

Answer 12

1869

Question 13

When was the Indian Removal Act?

Answer 13

1830

Question 14

How many moved to the west because of it?

Answer 14

46,000

Question 15

When was the Indian Intercourse Act?

Answer 15

1843

Question 16

What was the IIA set out to do?

Answer 16

Stop the settlers from selling guns and alcohol to the Indians

Question 17

When was the US victory?

Answer 17

1848

Question 18

What happened due to the win?

Answer 18

The US gained more land so Indian territory was in the middle of the US so settlers need to cross their land

Question 19

When was the Indian Appropriations Act?

Answer 19

1851

Question 20

What did the IAA do?

Answer 20

It funded the moving of the Indians onto reservations to encourage them to farm and also free their land for settlers

Question 21

What were the problems were the reservations?

Answer 21

The agents were corrupt
Poor farming land
Showed no understanding of Indian cultural ways
White settlers were angry at the size

Question 22

When was the President Grant’s Peace Policy?

Answer 22

1868

Question 23

When was Indian Appropriations Act 2?

Answer 23

1871

Question 24

When was the Little Crow’s War?

Answer 24

1862

Question 25

When was the Sand Creek Massacre?

Answer 25

1864

Question 26

When was the Red Cloud’s War?

Answer 26

1866-1868

Question 27

When was the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Answer 27

1876