Settlement And Conflict On Plains (61-77) Indian Wars

Question 1

In 1861, how much land did the ….. Sioux give up (little crows war)

Answer 1

Santee

28 million acres

Question 2

Which year did the santee sioux face starvation on the reservations (little crows war)

Answer 2

1862

Question 3

Who asked for help and was refused (little crows war)

Answer 3

Chief little crow

Question 4

What did the trader say to little crow

Answer 4

Let them eat grass

Question 5

How many locals did the Sioux kill

Answer 5

500

Question 6

What was the trader found dead with (lcw)

Answer 6

Grass in his mouth

Question 7

How many Sioux were sentenced to death and hung

Answer 7

300, 38 hung

Question 8

What were the white settlers unhappy with (lcw)

Answer 8

Sioux getting off lightly

Question 9

When was the sand creek massacre

Answer 9

1864

Question 10

Which tribes were forced onto reservations after what discovery

Answer 10

The Cheyenne and Arapaho, after the gold discovery at pikes peak

Question 11

What did they do in 1864 because of lack of food and no help

Answer 11

Hunt outside reservations

Question 12

Which Indian war was in 1864

Answer 12

Sand creek massacre

Question 13

What did Lincoln grant permission to happen (scm)

Answer 13

Raise an army of volunteers to deal with the Indian threat within 100 days

Question 14

Cheyenne leader asked for what (scm)

Answer 14

Peace

Question 15

“They have been ….. to kill ……… and they ……. kill Indians “

Answer 15

Raised
Indians
Must

Question 16

What happened on 13 November 1864

Answer 16

A young Cheyenne killed a white settler

Question 17

“…. And ….. all”

Answer 17

Kill
Scalp

Question 18

How many Cheyenne people were killed on the 29th of November 1864

Answer 18

105 women and children
28 mean

Question 19

What was the sand creek massacre wrote about as

Answer 19

A victory

Question 20

Which war was between 1865 and 1868

Answer 20

Red clouds war

Question 21

Which tribes moved to safer lands and what did they do (rcw)

Answer 21

Black kettle and Cheyenne
Spread word of the violence from white settlers

Question 22

What did gold miners do (rcw)

Answer 22

Made a trail over the hunting group of the Sioux

Question 23

What did the Lakota Sioux do after this trail was made

Answer 23

Led by red cloud chief, Started attacking people on the trail

Question 24

What treaty was broken when the gold miners made a trail over their hunting ground

Answer 24

Fort Laramie treaty of 1851

Question 25

Where were troops sent to protect settlers travelling the trail

Answer 25

Wyoming

Question 26

Why was a meeting called in 1866

Answer 26

To sign a treaty to protect the settlers, however red cloud refused

Question 27

Who sent attacks on the army forts

Answer 27

Red could and crazy horse

Question 28

Fort Laramie treaty 1868

Answer 28

Red could and the Sioux lots of land (black hills) and the troops wouldn’t enter without permission

Question 29

What was found in the Sioux land the black hills

Answer 29

Gold

Question 30

When was the great Sioux war

Answer 30

1875-1877

Question 31

By 1875, how many miners had come in the Sioux land

Answer 31

Over 10,000

Question 32

How much did the government want to purchase the black hills for

Answer 32

6 million

Question 33

Who signed the treaty and who didn’t signing over the black hills

Answer 33

Red cloud✅
Sitting bull❌

Question 34

When were the Sioux ordered back to reservations

Answer 34

By the end of janurary 1876

Question 35

What did sitting bull have a vision off

Answer 35

That the Sioux would win over the white

Question 36

Where did they set up camp (tgsw)

Answer 36

Little big horn

Question 37

On what day was custer told to drive sitting bull towards the main army

Answer 37

21st June 1876

Question 38

How many Indians /warriors were there at the camp

Answer 38

6000 Indians, 1800 warriors

Question 39

What did Custer do on the 25th of June

Answer 39

Split his forces up to try and surround the Indians , he sent 210 mean down into the camp

Question 40

How were they outnumbered (tgsw)

Answer 40

4-1

Question 41

What had happened by 1877

Answer 41

All the Sioux had surrendered , they were forced to sell land ,as the government stopped rations

Question 42

How many acres of land was taken from the Indians in 1877

Answer 42

40 million acres

Question 43

When was crazy horse captured and killed

Answer 43

1877