Gold Rush
The 1849 rush for gold happened in this state.
What is California?
Conflicts between Native Americans and U.S. settlers often happened over this major issue.
What is land?
This U.S. Army officer led troops at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Who is George Custer?
The Dawes Act was passed in this year.
What is 1887?
The Wounded Knee massacre happened in this year.
What is 1890?
People who rushed to California for gold in 1849 were called this nickname.
What are Forty-Niners?
As settlers moved west, Native Americans were forced onto these designated lands.
What are reservations?
Custer’s defeat happened during this famous 1876 battle.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
The Dawes Act aimed to break up this type of Native American land ownership.
What is tribal or communal land?
Wounded Knee occurred in this U.S. state.
What is South Dakota?
This discovery in 1848 started the Gold Rush.
What is the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill?
This famous battle in 1876 involved Lakota and Cheyenne warriors defeating U.S. troops.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Native American leaders like Sitting Bull and this Lakota warrior helped defeat Custer.
Who is Crazy Horse?
Under the Dawes Act, Native Americans received individual plots of this size.
What is about 160 acres?
U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of members of this Native American tribe at Wounded Knee.
Who are the Lakota Sioux?
The Gold Rush caused a huge increase in this state’s population.
What is California?
Native American resistance increased as this U.S. policy tried to force them to adopt American culture.
What is assimilation?
Custer underestimated the size of this combined Native American force.
What is the Lakota and Cheyenne army?
Land not given to Native Americans was often sold to these people.
Who are white settlers?
The conflict at Wounded Knee was partly connected to this spiritual movement among Native Americans.
What is the Ghost Dance?
Many miners hoped to quickly gain this type of financial success.
What is wealth or fortune?
Many Native American conflicts were caused by westward expansion encouraged by this idea.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Custer’s defeat shocked the United States because it showed this group could still win major battles.
Who are Native American tribes?
The Dawes Act was meant to force Native Americans to adopt this type of lifestyle.
What is farming or American culture?
Historians often consider Wounded Knee the end of this period of conflict.
What are the Indian Wars?