U.S. - Dakota War 1862

Who was the trader in the Upper and Lower Sioux Agency?

• Stephen Riggs
• Andrew Myrick
• Little Crow
• Abraham Lincoln

Who led the U.S. soldiers against the Dakota?

• Henry Sibley
• Andrew Myrick
• Stephen Riggs
• Little Crow

This group was responsible for carrying out US gov't policies and giving out annunities

• Traders
• Settlers
• Indian Agents
• Missionaries

This group wanted to keep sacred beliefs and traveled off the reservation to hunt

• Farm Dakota
• Traditional Dakota
• Missionaries
• Indian Agents

This group had adopted many European American customs, such as attending church and raising livestock

• Traditional Dakota
• Farm Dakota
• Settlers
• Traders

Settlers and Dakota returned immediately to their homes after the war

• True
• False

All of the following are reasons the Dakota choose to fight after the killings at Acton except:

• Some said they should strike out at their enemies before they struck out at them.
• They thought the killings at Acton would give
  the US government an excuse to punish all the Dakota.
• They thought the US would not fight back because its attention was on the Civil War.
• Little Crow wanted to lead them into battle because he knew they would win.

The traders' behavior contributed to the rising tensions leading up to the US - Dakota War in which of the following ways.

• Traders would not give the Dakota food or supplies unless they received their annuities.
• They shut down the credit system.
• Traders like Andrew Myrick insulted the Dakota.
• All of the above.

The missionaries supported the Dakota in all of the following ways except:

• They learned the language.
• They often spoke up for them. They believed the Dakota should keep their traditional ways.
• They lived among the Dakota.
• They believed the Dakota should keep their traditional ways.

All of the following statements support the fact that the Dakota were pressured to give up their traditional way of life except:

• The Dakota were pressured to dress and style their hair like the European Americans.
• The traditional Dakota's homeland was greatly reduced due to the signing of treaties.
• The US government gave extra food and help to the Traditional Dakota.
• Missionaries tried to convert the Dakota to Christianity.