Culture Clash on the Prairie

How did the buffalo influence Native American life on the Great Plains?

• It allowed the Native Americans to hunt more effectively.

• It allowed the Native Americans to travel farther on the plains.

• It provided Native Americans with many of their basic needs.

• It provided the Native Americans with may of their basic needs.

How did the US government change its policy toward Native American land during the 1850s?

• It started forbidding settlers from claiming any land on the Great Plains.

• It began to allow the Native Americans to hunt on their traditional lands.

• It created new treaties that defined specific boundaries for each tribe.

• It began to designate all land in the Great Plains as reservation land.

Which of the following correctly describes an effect of the destruction of the buffalo?

• The government provided food and money to the Native Americans to make up for the loss of a food source.

• Many Native Americans gave up farming and began hunting and gathering.

• Nomadic Native Americans needed to roam greater distances to find food.

• The Government increased the size of Native Americans' reservations.

Which of the following was true of the events of the Battle of Wounded Knee? SELECT THE TWO (2) CORRECT ANSWERS

• The Native Americans won a quick victory at Wounded Knee, which ended the fighting with the settlers.

• The growth of the Ghost Dance movement caused US military leaders to become worried

• Native Americans wanted revenge against General Custer for the death of Sitting Bull.

• The Seventh Calvary fired the first shots, which began the Battle of Wounded Knee.

• Most of the Native Americans who died during the fighting were unarmed.

Why did Native Americans perform the Ghost Dance ritual?

• to scare the US military leaders

• to convince the people to free Sitting Bull

• to prepare for the fighting at Wounded Knee

• to restore Native American lands and way of life

What allowed the Native Americans on the Great Plains to travel farther and hunt more effectively and provided them with more speed and mobility?

The US Government changed its reservation policy and began to define specific boundaries for each tribe because it needed more land for __________.

What was the name of the time period where people from all over flocked to the west in search for gold?

• The Gold Rush

• The Gold Movement

• Goldilocks

• Gold Gathering

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the NA move east
• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supple and resources
• the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had

The Sand Creek Massacre involved a fight between the Colorado volunteers and the ______ nation.

• Cheyenne

• Sioux

• Camanche

• Navajo