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100
This man was a leader of the traditional Dakota during the uprisings
Who is Taoyateduta or Little Crow
100
What year did the Dakota war take place
What is 1862
100
Dakota who adopted some white ways, including farming like white farmers
What is Farm Dakota
100
What was going on in 1862 that negatively affected all groups of people in Minnesota and set the stage for tension and conflict
What is droughts, bad crops and a shortage of food
100
Where did the Dakota who were not hanged have to spend the winter and what happened to them
What is the were imprisoned at fort Snelling and many of them died from disease and starvation.
200
This man was president of the United States during the Dakota Wars
Who is Abraham Lincoln
200
Where did of 39 Dakota men the hanging of 39 dakota men take place
Where is Mankato Minnesota
200
Annual payment of food and money that the government promised to pay the Indians in return for their land
What is an annuity
200
How did the government cause the Dakota to be frustrated and start an uprising
What is they made late or no annuity payments
200
What happened to the white settlers at the end of the Dakota Wars
What is they moved out of SW Minnesota to areas with fewer native people and developed a bias against Natives that had long lasting effects.
300
This man was did not want to participate in the Dakota Wars because he lived side by side white settlers
Who is Taopi
300
How long did the Dakota war last
What is two months (August & September of 1862)
300
Dakota who wanted to maintain their culture and resist efforts to make the live like whites
What are Traditional Dakota
300
How did the Traders cause problems that contributed to the Dakota War
What is they shut down trading posts and refused to give the Dakota food on credit
300
What happened to the Dakota after the winter at Fort Snelling
What is they were banished from Minnesota and forced to live on reservations in South Dakota
400
Name one of the two missionaries we have learned about that tried to help the Dakota
Who are Henry Whipple or Stephen Riggs
400
What white settlement town off the reservation was attacked by the Dakota
What is the town of New Ulm
400
A US Government field office where business is conducted.
What is an agency
400
How did the Missionaries contribute to tensions between the Dakota and white people
What is they started trying to convert them to their religion but then began to try to assimilate them completely to white culture
400
Why did the traditional Dakota resent the farm Dakota
What is the farm Dakota received more food and supplies from the government and the traditional Dakota thought they were "selling out" their culture
500
Who was appointed leader of the white army and made himself judge during the trials of the Dakota
Who is Henry Sibley
500
Where did the first Dakota uprising occur over some eggs
What is the Lower Sioux Agency on the reservation
500
To adopt the customs or traditions of a group or nation
What is assimilation
500
Explain why the Dakota went to war (in detail)
What is they were starving and they felt cheated because they were not receiving their promised annuity payments. They felt like they were losing their culture. The US government was busy with the Civil war so they thought this was their last chance to get their land back.
500
How did most white Minnesotans react to Colonel Sibley's court
What is most white settlers were very angry at the Dakota . they had seen the death of their friends and families and they wanted revenge. They supported Sibley's decision.