Native Americans
What is the term given to the killing of Native American Culture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Assimilation
Along which trail did many of the pioneers travel?
The Oregon Trail
This chief was first named Slow but turned out to be a great warrior. He defeated Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Sitting Bull
The term Populism came from a movement of the _____________.
People
Which precious metal prompted people to go out and mine the West?
GOLD
The Indian ___________ Project saw thousands of Native Children being taken from their families and placed into non-Native families.
Adoption
What is the name given to a home made out of large chunks of sod, grass, weeds, etc.
Soddie
During this battle, General George Armstrong Custer split the 7th calvary into thirds to try and overpower the large Native American Camp.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
(True/False) A 10 hour workday is a critical part of the Populist Party's Platform.
False
White hunters decimated the population of which large game animal?
The Buffalo
This was a spiritual movement led by the great Wovoka. If the Natives did it properly it would bring back their peace and prosperity.
The Ghost Dance
This group of pioneers got stuck in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in a snowstorm and had to eat one another to stay alive.
The Donner-Reed Party
This chief became an almost mystical being as he evaded US Troops in the US Southwest. He was known for being fierce, being good with a gun, and breaking out of prison.
Geronimo
What is the term used for using both gold and silver to back US currency?
Bimetallism
This man is know for being one of the Natives biggest haters. He got absolutely annihilated at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
General George Armstrong Custer
What was Colonel Richard Henry Pratt's philosophy for the Native American Boarding Schools?
"Kill the Indian, Save the Man"
Which US President passed the Homestead Act in 1862?
Abraham Lincoln
This act broke up Indian land and forced Indians onto farming reservations.
The Dawes Act
Why were crop prices so low in the late 1800s?
Too much supply, not enough demand.
Which two companies built the transcontinental railroad?
Union and Central Pacific
This treaty promised the Sioux that white settlers would stay out of the Black Hills.
The Treaty of Fort Laramie
What did a person have to do in order to keep the land granted to them under the Homestead Act?
Live on the land and improve it for 5 years then file for the deed OR live on it for six months then pay $1.25 per acre to the government.
This event ended the Indian Wars and sent all remaining Natives to live on Reservations.
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
Who were the 2 presidential candidates in the 1896 election and what were their parties?
William McKinley (R)
William Jennings Bryan (D)
What did Chinese rail workers use to blow through mountains and stone?
Nitroglycerin