Indian Boarding Schools/Carlisle Indian School

The reformers hoped Indian children would learn the ways of the white people. True or False

• True

• False

American Indian children were expected to do which of the following at school?

• chop wood

• grow food

• do laundry

• all of the above

What were American Indian children NOT allowed to do at school?

• laundry

• prepare meals

• their own thinking

• grow food

Where was the Carlisle Indian School located?

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• New Jersey

• Maine

Who founded or created the Carlisle Indian School?

• Pratt

• Johnson

• Thorpe

Why did Carlisle School close?

• it was too crowded

• not enough students

• it was not popular to make American Indian children change their language

• not enough money

Why did some people think boarding schools were a bad idea?

• students no longer fit in at home

• students couldn't find jobs

• schools ran out of funding