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How did the Homestead Act help settle the West?

A
Granted farmers land
B
Granted farmers seeds
C
Built free homes for farmers
D
Bought farmers’ crops
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What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 do?

A
Prohibited federal officers from signing treaties with American Indians
B
Confined tribes to reservations with defined borders
C
Gave American Indians more land
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What was the purpose of reservations?

A
Make it easier to give American Indians food
B
Separate warring American Indian tribes
C
Open land in the Great Plains for white settlers
4

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?

A
Discontinue the policy of assimilation
B
Encourage American Indians’ communal customs
C
Distribute allotments to individual American Indian families
5

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

A
A Dakota leader led hundreds of warriors in an uprising.
B
The Dakota defeated the US militia.
C
Dakota attacks killed more than 400 people in Minnesota.
D
The Dakota did nothing and many died of starvation.
6

Why did the government sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie?

A
They were unable to defeat Red Cloud.
B
They defeated Red Cloud.
C
They wanted to remove the Sioux from their land.
7

What was the cause of the Great Sioux War?

A
White settlers were killing off buffalo in the area.
B
The Sioux wanted more land for their reservation.
C
The government wanted the Black Hills, but the Sioux refused to give them up.
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In what year did hostilities finally end between American Indians and the US government?18601880✔ 1895

A
1860
B
1880
C
1895
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What was the Ghost Dance movement?

A
Political movement started by homesteaders
B
Political movement started by the Plains tribes
C
Religious movement started by the Plains tribes
D
Religious movement started by homesteaders
10

How did the US government try to assimilate American Indians? Select all that apply.

A
Did not recognize tribes as independent nations
B
Signed treaties with American Indians
C
Refused to help American Indians
D
Treated American Indians as individuals
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The government promised to supply the Dakota with money, supplies, and protection. Why did the US government break its agreement with the Dakota?

A
French and Indian War
B
War of 1812
C
Civil War
D
Revolutionary War
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What was the cause of Red Cloud’s War?

A
The government broke promises of a treaty with the Sioux.
B
The government built a trail through Sioux hunting grounds.
C
US soldiers attacked the Sioux for their land.
13

What happened in the Black Hills in 1874?

A
Gold was found.
B
A land rush occurred.
C
The Sioux sold the Black Hills to the US government.
D
White settlers violated a treaty guaranteeing the Black Hills to American Indians.
E
White settlers and American Indians coexisted peacefully.
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What happened during the Battle of Little Bighorn?

A
Lt. Col. Custer advanced into American Indian territory.
B
The Cheyenne battled the Sioux.
C
The Cheyenne allied with the Sioux.
D
US troops and American Indian warriors were evenly matched in battle.
E
Custer encountered many more American Indian warriors than expected.
F
Custer and all his men were killed.
15

In what year did the Army begin to force the Sioux out of the Dakota Territory?

Answer:

1875

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What did followers of the Ghost Dance movement believe that following the teachings would accomplish?

A
Bring Indian dead back to life
B
Make white settlers disappear
C
Restore the buffalo population
D
Make reservation life better

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