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Wars Between Indigenous Peoples and US Government Answers

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What was one cause of the First Dakota War, which occurred in 1862?

A
The government withheld food and cash supplies from the Dakota.
B
The government tried to acquire the Black Hills for white settlers.
C
The government ordered all Dakota in the region to return to their reservation.
D
The government let the practices of white ranchers disrupt bison hunting.
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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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Conflicts between the Sioux Indians of the Plains and the US Army spanned from

A
the 1820s to the 1850s.
B
the 1860s to the 1890s.
C
the 1870s to the 1900s.
D
the 1880s to the 1910s.
4

Which was one of the causes that led to the Great Sioux War in 1876?

A
The government built a trail through Indian hunting grounds.
B
Settlers feared an uprising of American Indians in Colorado.
C
The government withheld payment and food supplies.
D
Gold was discovered in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
5

In the 1870s, a gold rush attracted waves of settlers to Sioux territory in

A
eastern Colorado.
B
the Black Hills.
C
Sand Creek.
D
western Minnesota.
6

The massacre at Sand Creek was an attack by

A
a Colorado militia on peaceful American Indians.
B
a Colorado militia on a group of Dakota warriors.
C
American Indians on peaceful white settlers.
D
federal soldiers on a group of Cheyenne warriors.
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Which of the following statements best describes the massacre at Sand Creek in 1864?

A
Many of the American Indians who were killed were women and children.
B
The massacre was a battle between Cheyenne warriors and gold miners.
C
About 80 federal troops were attacked by Red Cloud’s warriors.
D
The Dakota staged an uprising after the government failed to provide for them.
8

In the late 1800s, the Ghost Dance was a religious movement among

A
the Sioux.
B
the Apache.
C
all American Indians.
D
tribal leaders only.
9

Why did tensions arise between American settlers and American Indians when gold was discovered at Pike’s Peak?

A
Pike’s Peak bordered American Indian land.
B
Pike’s Peak was on white settlers’ land.
C
Pike’s Peak was on American Indian land.
D
Pike’s Peak was on unassigned government land.
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At the battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, US Army officers tried to

A
disarm the Sioux and then capture them.
B
disarm the Sioux but then fired on them.
C
persuade the Sioux to disband but could not.
D
persuade the Sioux to leave, which they did.

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