Homework # 3 Questions
send them to schools for the purpose of "Americanization"
Why were Native American children taken away from their families?
the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
Sioux warriors
Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?
there was competition for the same land and resources
Why did cattle ranchers have to start fencing in their cattle?
a peaceful religious Wovokan gathering that was misunderstood by the U.S. government
What were Ghost Dance ceremonies?
abolish slavery
What is the 13th Amendment
reservations
By the end of the 1880s, where did most Native Americans live?
Good-night Loving, Western and Chisolm Trails
Where did the cowboys drive their cattle from Texas?
it destroyed their culture of nomadic hunting
How did reservation life change Native American cultures?
equal citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment?
land was suitable for farming
Why did the U.S. government let the Native Americans live peacefully on the Great Plains?
Mexican vaqueros
settlers and Native Americans were competing for the same resources
Why were Native American reservations created?
Radical Republicans
What group in Congress wanted equality for former slaves?
Sioux
Cheyenne
Apache
What Native Americans groups that lived on the Great Plains?
more than 3 million
By 1860, how many wild cattle were there from Texas?
six
How many military districts did the federal government divide the South?
2,500
How many Sioux warriors fought against Custer's troops at the Battle of Little Bighorn?