Place that started it all leaving five settlers dead over eggs.
What is Acton?
100
This is the number of people hung during the largest mass execution in US history.
What is 38 Dakota?
100
The Dakota felt that this action by the settlers helped to build the tensions before the war.
What is the settlement of Dakota land?
100
Explain the role the civil war played in coming of the Dakota war. (need at least two ways)
various answers
200
Moved into south west Minnesota increasing tensions before the war.
Who are the settlers
200
First true battle of the war leaving the first casualties of the war and buildings burned to the ground.
What is the battle at the Lower Sioux Agency?
200
While it is unknown the exact number of white settlers killed during the war it is estimated that it is over this number.
What is 500?
200
The division between these two groups lead to hard feelings, unfair distribution of annuities and changes in life style. A major cause of this division was caused by the efforts of Missionaries.
Who are the Farm and traditional Dakota?
200
He reluctantly lead a group of Dakota in fighting the war.
Who is Little Crow?
300
Helped to protect and hide settlers.
Who are the Farm Dakota.
300
This was the first counter attack of the war by the U.S. which ended in defeat.
What is Battle of Birch Coulee?
300
As an added punishment the Dakota remain a separated people because of this.
What is banishment from Minnesota?
300
Because of the civil war there was a delay in this and it hurt the Dakota people.
What is an annuity?
300
This man presided over the trials of the Dakota people.
Who is Col. Henry Hasting Sibley?
400
Shut down the credit system causing tensions to rise.
Who are the traders?
400
Named because of the freeing of settlers.
What is Camp Release?
400
After the war there existed a strong resentment form these people who many before the war where friends and neighbors to some of the Dakota people.
Who are the white settlers?
400
With the shutting down of this the Dakota were unable to get supplies and food that they needed.
What is the credit system?
400
He was appointed by president Lincoln after repeated request by the Minnesota people to lead the US military against the Dakota.
Who is General John Pope?
500
In charge of enforcing government policy in Dakota lands.
Who is the Indian agent?
500
The last large scale battle of the war.
What is the battle of Wood Lake?
500
The majority of the Dakota ended up at this location after pit stops at various internment camps along the way.
What is Crow Creek reservation?
500
The civil war meant their was less of these which made it seem like the perfect time for the Dakota to take back their land.
What are soldiers?
500
Choose how one of the many causes of the war would be stated differently depending on the perspective of the war.