Question | Answer |
Sand Creek Massacre | 1864 attach in which 200 Cheyenne were killed by the Colorado militia |
Sitting Bull | Sioux Chief who led attack on Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn |
Dawes Act | 1887 law that distributed reservation land to individual Native American owners |
Wounded Knee Massacre | Mass killing by U.S. soldiers of 300 unarmed Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD, in 1890 |
What was the last major Native American victory? | Battle of Little Bighorn |
Why were buffalo killed? | make leather and feed railroad workers |
Why were there Native American boarding schools? | To teach farming, English, Christianity, and wear American cloths |
land that allowed a Native American tribe to settle on? | Reservation |
Assimilation | to become like the majority culture |
why did the Dawes Act fail? | Not all Native Americans wanted to be farmers, Lacked the tools/money to be successful, sold land for a fraction of real value to white settlers |
How did Native Americans resist white efforts to take their land? | Did not sign treaties, attacked settlements and soldiers-Little Bighorn was last major victory |