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What was true of American Indian tribes under the Indian Appropriations Act?

A
The United States government agreed to sign treaties with all tribes.
B
Tribes were no longer considered to be independent nations.
C
Tribe members were no longer wards of the government.
D
The United States government helped tribes keep their cultural identity.
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In the reservation system, American Indian tribes were confined to assigned land with

A
defined borders.
B
flexible borders.
C
unknown borders.
D
natural borders.
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Which of these events first allowed many more settlers to move west?

A
the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
B
the passing of the Indian Appropriations Act.
C
the defeat of American Indians at the battle at Wounded Knee.
D
the institution of the reservation system.
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In the 1870s, when gold was discovered in the Blacks Hills, the federal government first tried to

A
buy the territory from the American Indians.
B
restrict all Sioux Indians to their reservation.
C
call on the US military to resolve the claims issue.
D
sign a new treaty with the area’s tribal chiefs.
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Which of the following describes an effect of the allotment system?

A
American Indians lost their land.
B
American Indians gained some land.
C
American Indians competed with settlers for land.
D
American Indians farmed with settlers.
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The conflict between the Sioux and the US military at Wounded Knee marked

A
the beginning of the American Indian Wars.
B
the final battle in the American Indian Wars.
C
the beginning of the Ghost Dance movement.
D
the end of the reservation system in the West.
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Many Plains Indians had trouble living on reservations because they were

A
nomadic hunters.
B
farmers.
C
day laborers
D
explorers.
8

As white settlement increased, the government began to set aside land called _______ for American Indian groups.

A
reservations
B
homesteads
C
plains
D
tribes
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Read Mrs. Z. A. Parker’s observations from 1890.[T]hey raised their eyes to heaven, their hands clasped high above their heads, and stood straight and perfectly still, invoking the power of the Great Spirit to allow them to see and talk with their people who had died. . . .They would go as fast as they could, their hands moving from side to side.What is Parker describing in this quotation?

A
the ritualized movements of Sioux Indians during a Ghost Dance ceremony
B
the horrified response of Cheyenne Indians after the Sand Creek Massacre
C
the celebratory reaction to the signing of the Treaty of Fort Laramie
D
the anger and fear of white settlers that began after the Battle of Little Bighorn
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Under the allotment system, many American Indian families

A
did not farm and ignored the government policy.
B
were successful farmers and competed with white settlers.
C
tried to farm communally and established their own system.
D
made an effort to succeed at farming but often failed.

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