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War in the West
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Explain the conflict between settlers and Native Americans. | Native Amer-hunting grounds and way of life threatened; buffalo killed; forced by Amer. government to give up their land and move to reservations |
| reservation | area of land where Native Americans were forced to move by the American government |
| Explain why the U.S. government supported the settlers over the Native Americans. | Westward Expansion = more railroad lines; farms and ranches; transport of goods; people creating new towns = money |
| Black Hills | location on the Great Lakota Reservation where gold was found in 1874 |
| Sitting Bull | Leader of the Lakota Nation who refused to sell his tribe's land back to the U.S. government once gold was found; eventually escaped to Canada |
| Colonel George Custer | led the 7th Cavalry into battle against the Lakota and Cheyenne Native Americans |
| Crazy Horse | young Lakota war leader who fought and defeated Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn |
| Battle of Little Bighorn | AKA "Custer's Last Stand"; huge victory for the Native Americans but it also meant the end of their freedom on the Great Plains |
| How did the US government react to the Battle of Little Bighorn? | By 1877 Native Americans on the Great Plains were forced onto reservations |
| Chief Joseph | Leader of the Nez Perce who escaped capture for 3 months then was lied to by General Miles and forced onto a reservation in Oklahoma |
| Possible reasons why Chief Joseph surrendered to General Miles: | 1. they were promised safe return to Oregon; 2. many of his warriors had been killed in battle; 3. his people were suffering; 4. he was tired of fighting |
| Geronimo | Apache leader who was forced to surrender in 1886 |
| Battle at Wounded Knee 1890 | last major battle between the US forces and Native Americans |
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