The Plains Indians
What did many Easterners picture the West was like? What was it actually like?
A vast desert and occupied tribes.
How did the culture of the white settlers differ from the Native Americans?
Natives believed that the land could not be owned
Define: Assimilation
A plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs.
Where did the original Cowboys start? What were they called?
Mexico, Vaqueros
How many acres did the United States settle from 1870 to 1900?
400 million
How did the introduction of horses change the Native American way of life?
They were able to travel farther
Why did Whites argue that the plains were ‘unsettled’?
The natives did not settle or improve the land.
What did the Dawes Act aim to do? How did it aim to do it?
To Americanize the native americans.
What two things made the rapid settlement possible?
Federal land policy and the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
What did increased mobility lead to?
WAR
What did the federal government do for the Native Americans in 1834 and how did that change in the 1850s?
They made a reservation for the natives.
How much of the Native American territory that was set aside for them had been taken by the whites by 1932?
160 acres to each houshold
How many transcontinental railroads did the United States have?
5
List the different things that Native Americans used Buffalo for:
Spoons, arrows, knives, leather, clothing etc...
What happened on November 29th, 1864 at Sand Creek?
Over 150 inhabitants were killed
What did the population of buffalo go to from 1800 to 1890?
65 million to 1 thousand
What did the Homestead Act do? How many families took advantage of this act?
It gave 160 acres of land to people, 600,000
What were the roles of both men and women for Native Americans on the plains?
Young men became hunters and warriors, and women helped butcher the game and prepared hides.
What was the Treaty of Fort Laramie?
In which the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation.
Who performed the ‘Ghost Dance’? Why did they do this?
Native American lands could be restored if they did the ghost dance
Define: Exodusters
African Americans who moved from the post-reconstruction South to Kansas.