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1
Which tribe were successful in creating a reservation life for themselves?
Cheyenne
Navajo
Chippewa
Blackfoot
2
Christian Missionaries were unsuccessful because Indians practiced tribal rituals in secret
True
False
3
By 1865 the Native American culture and lifestyle was already being broken down.
True
False
4
How did more people moving west affect the Native Americans?
Natives lost their right to fish freely in the west.
They were forcibly removed onto the plains.
They died from lack of fishing and skills to hunt for food.
Displaced Native Americans living in California and Oregon.
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I can still see the butchered women and children lying heaped... A people's dream died there.
Quote about 'Battle of the Little Bighorn' 1876
Quote about 'Red Cloud's War' 1867
Quote about 'Wounded Knee' 1890
Quote about 'Sandcreek Massacre' 1864
6
Why was food such an issue throughout the civil war?
Food could not reach the Indians due to fighting
Because Native Americans were cut off from the buffalo.
Corrupt agents sold the food meant for the Indians.
The government did not care about Native American well being
7
When was the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
1876
1867
1874
1877
8
When did the wagon trains of the White Americans began moving across the West
late 1840s
early 1840s
1860s
1850s
9
The education of Native American children included what?
Writing and basic arithmetic
Religion and philosophy
English and reading
French and basic biology
10
What happened in the 1880s that worsened the situation of the American Indians?
Wholesale massacre of buffalo rendering them almost extinct
Drought affected crops on reservations
Government meat subsidies were cut
Disease wiped out the cattle that Indians kept
11
What happened to the lands of the Great Sioux as a result of the battle?
Massively reduced
Taken from them
Split into smaller reservations
Massively Increased
12
What act was passed in 1898 that terminated the rights of the 5 civilised tribes of Oklahoma?
The Custer Act
The Curtis Act
The Cooper Act
The Jamie-Lee Act
13
What was the purpose of the two boarding schools in Virginia and Pennsylvania?
They taught girls to be servants
They taught boys to be labourers
Break the tribal ties of young American Indians
To purge young people of their tribal ways
14
Which of these was not an action that sought to 'Americanise' Indians?
Training Indians to become farmers
Separated from dependence on the buffalo
Given western cooking utensils and ingredients to use
Converted to Christianity
15
Why was the railroad so significant?
Increased the amount of homesteaders who could travel
Offered more jobs
Disrupted the buffalo herds
Meant less horses would die pulling wagons
16
What did the Dawes Act seek to do?
destroy the reservation system
Further control and hamper Indian way of life
allot homesteads on the plains for Native American families
Give them civilised clothes to wear
17
How did the government reward the Navajo tribe?
Government gave them more goats
Government supplied them with more whisky
Government gave them more land
Government allowed them to roam outside the reservation
18
The Indian Removal Act (1830) moved Native Americans away from which states?
All of the above
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee
Georgia, Virginia, Florida
Mississippi , Virginia, Tennessee
19
How many Indians inhabited the plains by 1900 after epidemics of measles, whooping cough & flu?
240,000
160,000
100,000
200,000
20
What were the key factors in the subjugation of the Indians?
Tribal structure
Lack of modern weaponry
Lack of unity and strong leadership
Language barrier
21
What was the problem with selling land onto white settlers?
White Americans took advantage and offered low prices
Native Americans did not receive a fair price for their land
Native Americans hated living in close proximity to whites
Native Americans quickly spent it on consumer goods
22
How did the government secure control of the land west of the Mississippi during the civil war?
Creation of federal territories governed by officials
Built forts
The army patrolled the area
Creation of reservations
23
Until 1871 how were reservations established?
Imposed on defeated people
The outcome of a treaty with tribes
Congress decided and established them
Agreements between settlers and tribes
24
The Indian Rights Association lobbied for empathy for Native American Culture and way of life
True
False
25
What were the benefits/ problems with the reservations?
freedom was lost, nothing was gained
gained citizenship
brought better healthcare, jobs and homes
tribal life was sustained
26
Which tribe handed over a great deal of land to white Americans after 1851?
Cheyenne
Apache
Sioux
Comanche
27
Why was the gold rush a problem for Native Americans
White Americans shot buffalo whilst travelling
White Americans were stealing gold from native lands
It increased the amount of people moving west
The natives had less gold to barter with
28
When was the General Allotment Act?
1886
1888
1889
1887
29
The concept of the division of land was alien to Native American beliefs and they did not adapt
False
True
30
What happened in 1864?
Railroad began to be built
Plains Wars started
Sandcreek massacre
Manifest destiny had been achieved
