Indigenous People on a Closing Frontier

Question 1

How did the Homestead Act help people settle in the West? This Act:

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granted farmers land

Question 2

What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 do?

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moved tribes to reservations with defined borders

Question 3

Why did the US government create reservations?

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to provide land on the Great Plains for White homesteaders

Question 4

What happened when the Dakota Sioux faced starvation because of the government’s broken promises?

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A Dakota leader led food raids, which became armed resistance.; State and federal troops responded to Dakota resistance, causing hundreds of deaths.

Question 5

What happened in the Black Hills in 1874 that led to increased desire to settle on Indigenous lands?

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Miners found gold in the area.

Question 6

What was the cause of the Great Sioux War?

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The government wanted the Black Hills, but the Sioux refused to give up their lands.

Question 7

In what year did Red Cloud’s War occur?186018801866

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1866

Question 8

What was the Ghost Dance movement?

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a religious movement started by the Northern Paiute

Question 9

How did the US government try to assimilate Indigenous peoples in 1871? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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did not recognize tribes as independent nations; tried to shift Indigenous cultures to a more individualistic model; forced children to attend residential schools

Question 10

Red Cloud’s War began because the US government

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built a railroad through Sioux hunting grounds.

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