Go West!
Did the federal government encourage or discourage western expansion after the Civil War?
encouraged
True or False: Women could own land in their name under the Homestead Act
True
What was the areas where natives were forced to move on by the federal government?
reservations
Who "won" this battle?
Natives
Who "won" this battle?
U.S.
What region was most of the land from the Homestead Act located?
Great Plains
The government needed people to move west to expand the nation so they offered free land to people to move with the stipulation that they improve the land within 5 years under what federal program?
Homestead Act
What were TWO impacts westerward expansion had on Natives?
Loss of land- treaties signed under duress or broken
Loss of culture- Buffalo/boarding schools
Why did the Sioux refuse to sign and stay on the reservation?
They did not agree with the Ft. Laramie Treaty
What caused alarm to the settlers and reservations agents before the battle?
What connected eastern and western United States?
railroads
Settlers needed faster and safer travel for themselves and goods. The US created the ____________
Railroad Land Grant
How did the government try to assimilate Natives into American Culture? (give at least TWO examples)
Missionaries- to teach English and convert to Christianity
Boarding schools- Cut hair, clothes, English only
Dawes Act- make Natives farm
Why did the US try to buy the Black Hills from the Sioux?
Gold was found
Who was killed that caused tensions to increase between the US and the Natives?
Sitting Bull
Explain TWO motivating factors for settlers going west
American Dream- own land & be successful
Gold/jobs- hopes of economic success
Cowboy/Racism in south- adventure/freedom
The US wanted to ensure citizens moving west had acess to higher education. What did they do to fund this?
Morrill Land Grant Act
Give TWO ways the destruction of buffalo effected Natives
Main source of food
Clothing & Shelter
Why was the army rounding up Sioux not on the reservation?
the US ordered all Sioux to return to the reservation
How many Lakota were killed in the battle?
290
Who were the group of formerly enslaved people who moved west AND what state did they go to?
Exodusters- Kansas
This federal act assigned individual plots of land to Natives on reservations and gave the unassigned land to settlers
Dawes Act
What happened to Native children when they left boarding schools?
Many were adopted by white families
How did the US loose the battle?
Custer's 7th cavalry attacked without backup
Why is this battle considered a massacre?
unarmed people including women and children were killed