Native Americans
Native Americans that followed the buffalo.
What are nomads?
3 things that happened during the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 was...
Settler trade nearly stops.
Many homes were destroyed.
Around 200 settlers were killed.
This is where gold was found, starting the Gold Rush.
California.
Gold was discovered at Sumter's Mill and started a huge spike in populations in California in search for gold, known as the California Gold Rush.
What happened in 1849?
Went through with the Louisiana Purchase and bought a huge chunk of land from France.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Yearly payments from the government.
What are annuities
The brutal attack on a Cheyenne and Arapaho village from American settlers during the Civil War, where mostly Native American women, children, and elders were killed.
What is the Sand Creek Massacre?
This is where the Battle of Little Bighorn took place.
Wyoming.
The Homestead Act was a law signed by Abraham Lincoln that gave U.S. citizen 160 acres of land.
What happened in 1862?
Ambushed American soldiers and attacked forts in southwestern Minnesota because the government wouldn't pay treaty payments.
Who is Little Crow?
Crazy Horse tricked Captain William Fetterman and 80 soldiers into pursuing what they thought was a small raiding party.
What happened next?
Hundreds of Lakota warriors ambushed the entire unit, wiping them out.
Colorado settlers mainly had conflict with...
Cheyenne and Arapaho natives and miners searching for silver and gold.
This is where did the Dakota War took place.
Minnesota.
The Transcontinental Railroad was built.
What happened in 1869?
Lakota war leader who played a key role in Red Cloud's War, which was a battle against American settlers in Wyoming.
Who is Crazy Horse?
_____ III was a Wahpekute Dakota chief who led a faction of the Dakota in a five-week war against the United States in 1862.
Little Crow
In November 1864, _____ led several hundred Cheyenne to the fort to negotiate a peace deal, but was told to camp at Sand Creek, where _____ was ordered to attack the Cheyenne.
1. Chief Black Kettle
2. Colonel John Chivington
This many states were founded during the westward expansion.
17 states.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition explored the newly purchased territory called the Louisiana Purchase.
What happened in 1804-1806?
Discovered gold at Sumter's Mill and started the California Gold Rush in 1849.
Who is James W. Marshall?
How long have Native Americans lived in America?
20,000 years ago, with some evidence dating back longer from 30,000 - 50,000 years ago.
This is how many soldiers died during the Sand Creek Massacre.
16.
One of the first states to be explored by settlers during the westward expansion
Missouri.
The Indian Removal Act was passed, leading to Indian tribes being forcefully removed.
What happened in 1830?
Lakota warrior who led the Battle of Little Bighorn, and after the battle, the U.S. government hunted him down and forced him and his followers into Canada.
Who is Sitting Bull?