Vocab
nomadic
Who was the Sioux leader who said he wouldn't even sell a pinch of dust from the Black Hills to the U.S. government?
Sitting Bull
In what state was the large reservation for Native Americans who were relocated from the Southeast in the 1830s? The conditions in this state were harsh, and the Native Americans often couldn't farm or hunt there.
Oklahoma
Which Native American tribe was ambused just 40 miles outside of Canada by the U.S. Army, after being forced off their land?
Nez Perce
Why were settlers rushing to Colorado in the summer of 1862?
Which animal provided the main source of food, shelter, clothing and tools for Native Americans?
buffalo
Who was the leader of the Cheyenne tribe who went to Fort Lyon to negotiate a peace treaty but was ambushed by U.S. troops at Sand Creek?
Chief Black Kettle
In what state was the Sand Creek Massacre located?
Colorado
What was the name of the place in which Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse joined forces to defeat Lt. Colonel George Custer and the U.S. Army?
Little Bighorn
Why were the Native Americans so upset with the white settlers?
Possible answers are:
1. The settlers were forcing them off their land.
2. They didn't like the white culture and ways of living such as mining for gold, owning land, etc.
3. They felt the white settlers didn't respect their culture and traditions, and wanted them not to be nomadic, but to be more like the whites.
4. White settlers were killing the buffalo and selling their skins for profit.
What was the area in which the Native Americans lived called? It was an area of the United States that was flat and open (two words).
Great Plains
Which tribe was forced to move to a reservation in Arizona?
Apache
Name the state in which Sioux warriors burned and looted the homes of white settlers in the summer of 1862. Hundreds died before the U.S. army shut down the uprising and forced the Sioux to move to the Dakota territory.
Minnesota
In what state was Wounded Knee located?
South Dakota
What was the name of the ritual performed by Native Americans that they hoped would get the white settlers to leave, the buffalo to return and allow them to go back to their old way of life?
Ghost Dance
What are large areas of land set aside for Native Americans?
reservations
Who was the leader of the Nez Perce tribe?
Chief Joseph
In what state was the Little Bighorn River located?
Montana
Who was killed as he was being arrested by U.S. government officials for starting the Ghost Dance?
Sitting Bull
What was passed in 1887 that broke up reservations and gave each Native American a plot of land, hoping they would become farmers and adopt the American way of living?
The Dawes Act
What is "looting?"
Breaking into someone's home and taking their possessions.
Who was the Apache leader who fled to Mexico?
Geronimo
This was one of the bloodiest attacks launched by Sioux along the Bozeman trail in Montana. Sioux led by Red Cloud trapped and killed 80 U.S. soldiers here.
Fetterman Massacre
Where did several hundred Sioux gather, armed with weapons, to protest Sitting Bull's death? They were eventually attacked by the U.S. Army due to a misfired weapon, thus, 200 Sioux and 25 soldiers died here.
Put these events in sequential order (the order in which they occurred):
Ghost Dance
Long March of Nez Perce
Wounded Knee conflict
Dawes Act
Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull killed
1. Little Bighorn
2. Long March of Nez Perce
3. Dawes Act
4. Ghost Dance
5. Sitting Bull killed
6. Wounded Knee conflict