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The Trail of Tears B1
The Trail of Tears B1
Which tribe tried to resist the Indian Removal Act?
The Cherokee
Which Native American nation was Sequoyah from?
The Cherokee Nation.
What was discovered in the Black Hills in the 1870s?
Gold
Which tribe found hope in the Ghost Dance?
The Lakota Sioux.
Who signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830?
President Andrew Jackson.
What did Sequoyah create?
A written language / writing system for the Cherokee language.
Who were the two main Indigenous leaders at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
How were the Indians affected by living in reservations?
Their traditional way of life was disrupted, their lands are taken away
Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?
They were relocated from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory, in present-day Oklahoma.
What motivated Sequoyah to continue his work?
the ability to transport written communication over long distances, white people had an advantage over indigenous people
What treaty recognized Indigenous sovereignty over the Black Hills?
The 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie.
What three things did the Ghost Dance promise?
The return of the buffalo, the disappearance of the White man, and a return to their traditional way of life.
What happened to thousands of Native Americans during their forced march westward?
Thousands died from disease, hunger and exposure while marching westward on foot.
What did Sequoyah's demonstrations to his tribe show?
How their thoughts could be written and then read later by someone else
How many U.S. troops and Indigenous people fought at Little Bighorn, and who won?
About 700 U.S. troops and approximately 2,000 Indigenous people fought. The Indigenous tribes won.
What happened near Wounded Knee Creek? Which result?
The tribe who had left the reservation was intercepted by the 7th cavalry. over 200 Indians were killed
What was the cause of the destructive effects on Native Americans?
Forced assimilation
Thanks to Sequoyah's syllabary system, what were many Cherokees able to do in just a few years?
to read and write / preserve their history and culture
Which efforts increased after the Battle of Little Bighorn?
to force indigenous people from their lands
Why is the Wounded Knee massacre a landmark in American history?
It marked the end of the Indian wars