Native Culture
Indian Wars
Acts and Laws
Assimilation
Political Corruption
Farmers and Populism
Miscellaneous
Image Analysis
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many plains people moved constantly following what animal?
Bison/Buffalo
100
Leader of the US 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
100
The Trail of Tears ended in what state?
Oklahoma
100
7th President and Signer of the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson
100
Political Boss of Tammany Hall, NYC
William Tweed
100
the populist party was the party of the __________
people
100
Wild West Sheriff of Tombstone, AZ
Wyatt Earp
200
if your people are always moving around and don't settle in one place they are...
Nomads, Nomadic
200
the discovery of ________________ in the __________________ resulted in a broken treaty and settlers moving onto Sioux land
Gold, Black Hills
200
The signing of this act resulted in the trail of tears
Indian Removal Act of 1830
200
What was the name of the place the US government forcibly assimilated native children?
Boarding Schools
200
True or False, Political bosses usually held office
False
200
Populist/Democrat Candidate in 1896 and 1900 Elections
William Jennings Brian
200
someone running for reelection is running as the...
incumbent
300
2 Lakota Sioux Leaders, name the chief/religious leader and the warrior
Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse
300
How many were killed at Wounded Knee, who were they?
150-300, mostly women and children
300
what was the trail of tears?
forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850
300
Founder of Carlisle Boarding School in PA
Richard Henry Pratt
300
Giving jobs based on family or friendship is called the ___________ system
Spoils, Nepotism, Cronyism
300
Republican Candidate agaisnt the Populists/Democrats in the elections of 1896 and 1900
William McKinley
300
Resources that boomtowns built around...
Gold, Oil, Coal, Platinum, Silver
400
Native people in the Pacific Northwest and New England made their homes from what abundant resource?
Wood/Trees
400
Why was the government at Wounded Knee, South Dakota?
Arrest Sitting Bull
400
US Secretary of War under John Quincy Adams, Created the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1824
John C. Calhoun
400
What were some of the things native children could not do at the schools to try to kill their culture?
Could not- speak their native language, wear their native clothing, have long hair, visit home
400
Giving jobs based on experience or knowledge is called the _________ system
Merit
400
To try to win the presidency, the populists joined with which of the 2 major parties, republicans or democrats?
democrats
400
Towns that popped up almost overnight when a resource was discovered
Boomtown
400
What were these homes made of? Why were they made of that material? What about the environment of the area made it necessary?
Adobe (clay and straw) because the desert doesn't have many trees, they had to use what was available
500
These were the homes of many native people in the American Southwest. What were they called, what were they made of, and why?
Pueblos, Adobe (Clay and Straw), not many trees in the desert, have to use what you have.
500
What was the Battle of Little Bighorn
Custer and the 7th Cav. ordered to force Cheyenne and Sioux to relocate. Custer spilt his troops and he and over 200 of his men were outnumbered and killed following their attack
500
what law created the civil service exams to put an end to political machines and the spoils system?
1883 Pendleton Act
500
Explain what is meant by Pratt's phrase, "Kill the Indian, Save the Man."
Pratt thought you could "kill the Indian" in someone by stripping away their culture and "save the man" by civilizing/assimilating them into western culture
500
How did Tweed gain influence and power?
Gave out government positions for money and favors
500
Populist party founded in
1892
500
when the resource in a boomtown disappeared and everyone moved away, leaving the town empty, it was called a...
ghost town
500
Why would settlers intentionally (on purpose) try to wipe out the bison when they were so significant (important) to the way of life of nomadic plains indians?
If they could wipe out the buffalo native depended on, it would force them off their land and onto reservations
600
what did the US government assume about the Ghost Dance
It was the natives preparing for war/an attack or would inspire them to resist and fight back against relocation
600
Why did the US government end up breaking many of the hundreds of treaties signed with different native people?
Allow settlers to move in, manifest destiny, discovery of a resource (gold or oil)
600
Which act stripped native people of their sovereignty and treaty-making authority?
Indian Appropriations Act 1871
600
What did the Dawes Act do with native land?
divided it up between native people/families to be farmed, any leftovers were sold to white settlers
600
How did political machines stay in power
Threats, Bribes, Relied on groups like immigrants to support them using promises of jobs or other incentives
600
Give at least one reason the transcontinental railroad was important
Faster transportation, Connected markets and helped economy, Attracted people west to mine for important resources, Unified the nation, Good for military strategy and movement
600
many miners in boomtowns were immigrants from
China and Mexico
600
How do the images relate to the boarding schools? How do the images relate to the forced native assimilation into white culture? How do the images relate to the phrase “Kill the Indian, save the Man?”
This is the same man before and after the boarding schools. his hair was cut, jewelry taken, clothes changes and skin lightened from being inside so much. He was forced to attend this school. He was shown as an example of how you could kill native culture and save the man by civilizing him
700
what was the Sioux name for the Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of the Greasy Grass
700
Why was did Custer lose the battle of little bighorn?
over confident, outnumbered, split his forces in 3
700
Explain this image and how it relates to manifest destiny and native assimilation
Dawes act ate up native land. some was used to force native people to be farmers while the extra was sold to settlers looking to move west
700
How did the Dawes act contribute to forced assimilation?
redistributed native land to make them farmers instead of nomadic hunter-gatherers.
700
Political Cartoonist, Exposed the Tweed Ring
Thomas Nast
700
what was one issue facing farmers in the late 1800s?
Railroad shipping rates
Monopolies on farming equipment and supplies
High tariffs
Political corruption
Corporate land ownership
700
What event is being shown here? Why was it practiced by the Native Americans? How does it relate to the struggles of native people to resist the US government and white settlers in the late 1800s?
Ghost dance, native people believed it would restore land and buffalo, and get rid of white settlers who were settling the land cheaply because of the Dawes Act
800
Many Puebloan people are believed to have descended from what historical people?
Anasazi
800
What was the short term and long term effect of the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Short term win for native resistance to forced relocation but long term only made the government try harder to force native people onto reservations
800
Paiute Shaman who had the Ghost Dance vision
Wovoka
800
one issue populists and democrats like WJB agreed on was the coinage of free ______
silver
800
How does this image relate to manifest destiny?
Shows the Angel, representing God's will, leading settlers and civilization westward while forcing the bison and natives further west and America fulfils its destiny to spread from coast to coast.