Buffalo
Battles
Names
Gov't
Prairie Life
100
As to what were the buffalo parts used for. Give 3 examples.
What is a)clothing b) tools c) food
100
Name 2 battle’s of this time period
What is period wounded knee, battle little bighorn
100
Who is Tatanka Iyotanka
What is Sitting Bull was a Native American leader and a warrior. Sitting Bull is English for his real name. What is ‘Sitting Bull’ in Sioux?
100
What act did the government pass-
-homestead act.
100
What were the houses made of on the Prairie.
What is A- Sod
200
Food, tools, and clothing are examples of uses of the buffalo for what people?
What is Indians
200
Which battle did General Custer lead his troops into?
What is battle of little big horn
200
This leader of the Sioux tribe later joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show?
What is Sitting Bull
200
What act did the Congress pass in 1887, which was aimed to “americanize” the Natives?
What is A. Dawes Act
200
This is the major cattle route from San Antonio to Kansas and through Oklahoma.
What is What is the Chisholm Trail.
300
What things did the Native Americans make out of the bones of the buffalo?
What is tools, dishes, weapons)
300
These two groups of Indians were targeted by Colonel Chivington and his troops at the Massacre at sand creek.
What is What is Cheyenne and Arapaho
300
What was the name of the agreement the Sioux indians made with Government?
What isTreaty of Fort Laramie
300
How many acres of land would have been given to you if you had been a homesteader in 1863.
What is 160
300
Was living on the prairie easy or hard ? explain
What is hard because they had storms fires and had to keep rebuilding.
400
What was one thing that the Native Americans used Buffalo Hooves or Feet to make?
What is Glue or Rattles
400
How many Native Americans were killed within minutes at the Battle of Wounded Knee?
What is 300
400
What was James Butler’s nick name; And what did he do to become a legand?
What is His nickname was “Wild Bill”. He was a scout and spy during the civil war, and later a marshal
400
Government: In 1864, what was known as the most tragic event occurred?
What isa) massacre at sand creek
400
Why did the settlers build soddies instead of actual houses?
What is Trees were scarce, so they had to build it from dirt)
500
What were 2 main reasons why the White Man were killing buffalos?
What is 1)for the hides only 2)Because they knew that it bothered the Indians and would make it tougher on the Indians to survive.
500
For the battle, Death On the Bozeman Trail, where was is located, and why did it happen?
What is Sioux, The Sioux Chief , Red Cloud, had unsuccessfully appealed to the government to end the white settlement on the trail.
500
Joseph McCoy was often cited as the inspiration for the what phrase?“
What is “The Real McCoy”
500
This was the treaty in which the Government forced the Sioux Indians to agree to live on reservations west of the Mississippi.
What is Treaty of Fort Laramie.
500
Women did not earn wages at all in the Prairies. True or False
What is False