West Test part 2 Flashcards
Define reservation.
Land set aside by the government for Native Americans to live on.
Who was Chief Joseph?
Leader of the Nez Perce who tried to lead his people to Canada to escape being placed on a reservation
Who was Buffalo Bill Cody?
A man who ran a Wild West show that Sitting Bull worked for.
Who was Crazy Horse?
Lakota War chief that fought at the battle of Little Bighorn.
Who was Sitting Bull?
An Indian man who was known as the Medicine Man – a type of religious leader He was killed shortly before the massacre at Wounded Knee
Who was George Armstrong Custer?
George Armstrong Custer was a U.S. General during the Civil War that was demoted to colonel when the war ended. He led the U.S. 7th Cavalry during the Indian Wars.
Who was John Chivington?
John Chivington was a man who supplied members of the Colorado Territory militia with whiskey for warmth and attacked Black Kettle’s camp. He was a Colonel and led the massacre at Sand Creek.
Who was Black Kettle?
Black Kettle was an Indian leader also known as the Cheyenne Chief. Followers were killed at Sand Creek.
Why did the U.S. government break treaties they had signed with Native Americans?
They broke treaties they had signed with the Native Americans because they discovered that there was gold on the land and the U.S. wanted it.
What happened at Little Bighorn in 1876?
At Little Bighorn in 1876 the army went to war with the Lakota and Cheyenne, Custer attacked an Indian encampment, the settlement was partially hidden by hills and Custer was outnumbered 10 to 1, Custer and his troops the 7th Cavalry were killed, and then the Lakota escaped to Canada
How was the performance of the Ghost Dance related to what happened at Wounded Knee?
They were trying to stop the ghost dance.
What was the Dawes Act?
It hoped to make Indians into family farms, It lasted until the 1930’s. The reservations lead to high rates of alcoholism, poverty, and suicide. Gave 160 acres of land to Native American males in the hopes that they would become farmerland remain on the land the were given.
What was the Sand Creek Massacre?
The Sand Creek Massacre was the massacre when Chivington’s men massacred all in the camp of Black Kettle’s Camp. Scalps and various body parts of the victims were taken by members of the militia as trophies.
