western expansion quiz

Question 1

how did western expansion and federal indian policies impact natives

Answer 1

economically: lost land and resources
psychologically: natives scared to express themselves fear of punishment
physically: boarding schools changed their appearance cut of their hair
spiritually: new religion had to change to a biblical name, couldn’t speak their native language
population wise: lost a lot of people, they died
culturally: new way of life not nomadic anymore, had to adapt again w lose of buffalos

Question 2

manifest destiny

Answer 2

white settlers should spread across north america- western expansion

Question 3

when spanish came they brought what

Answer 3

natives got horses and guns

Question 4

what type of housing/ living

Answer 4

communal way of life - no individual allowed to dominate the group

Question 5

how railroads impacted natives

Answer 5

one big reservation
specific boundaries for each nation
trains stop and shoot buffalo

Question 6

reason why whites could take natives land

Answer 6

native weren’t settling or doing nothing to “improve” the land

Question 7

battle of sand creek massacre

Answer 7

turning post on relationship between natives and fed government
distrust because cheyenne registered w government that they were at peace so they wouldn’t be attacked
gov still attacked them anyways

Question 8

custers last stand

Answer 8

natives envisioned custer attack during sun dance

they slaughtered custer and his 7th cavalry

Question 9

dawes act

Answer 9

broke up reservations
some reason for indians to farm
the rest the government sold to white settlers to make money

natives didnt understand- weren’t sued to owning private property

Question 10

battle of wounded knee

Answer 10

ghost dance scared the whites

round up sioux and took away weapons
open fires and killed 300 natives and children
left corpses to freeze
brought end to natives vs fed gov wars

Question 11

indian removal

Answer 11

trail of tears
from florida area to oklahoma - forced march
thousands died

Question 12

indian appropriations act

Answer 12

placed indians on res
couldn’t be nomadic anymore
depended on americans to survive
couldn’t be self sufficient

Question 13

BIA

Answer 13

bureau of indian affairs
created by gov
isn’t actually fair or helpful to indians

Question 14

did natives have civil rights

Answer 14

no they weren’t considered citizens so the 14 amendment didn’t apply to them

Question 15

indian police

Answer 15

turned on their own people, killed sitting bull

Question 16

what was the white motto about indians

Answer 16

kill the indian save the man

Question 17

immigrants

Answer 17

became homesteaders/ settlers
from europe during time of war

americans advertised oklahoma to them

came her for cheap land to farm, religious freedom and political stability

Question 18

vaqueros

Answer 18

cowboys

most mexican american native americans and ex slaves
talented horseman
has to move tons of pounds of steer
round up cattle

protect the cattle from other animals and thieves

Question 19

miners

Answer 19

struggled a lot
few made great money
immigrant miners would be scapegoats and blamed for troubles while mining

Question 20

natives

Answer 20

lived on res(also part of cowboy population)

houses in shambles
little no resources- becuase of gov and white settlers
hard to come by water
houses overcrowded
had to depend on american food