Western Development

As more settlers arrived to the West, the U.S. decided to...

• Give Native Americans their own state.

• Move Native Americans onto smaller "Reservations"

• Ship Native Americans to Europe

• Give Native Americans citizenship.

What animal did the Plains Indians need for survival?

• Cows

• The Buffalo

• The Emu

• Tigers

Plains Indians used the Buffalo for .... (Pick 3)

• Food

• Clothing

• Tools

• Religion

The U.S. government intentionally tried to destroy Buffalo populations so that...

• Train tracks could be built.

• To force natives to move onto Reservations by eliminating their food Supply

• the U.S. could allow Cattle to roam the plains

What were the "Indian Wars"

• A war between the French and Native Americans over the Ohio River Valley

• A series of Wars with Natives and the U.S. when tribes refused to be moved onto Reservations.

• A war between the Native Americans of North Americans the the Natives of South America.

"Kill every Buffalo you can! Every Buffalo dead is an Indian gone". According to the Quote, why did the U.S. Army ask settlers to kill off Buffalo populations?

• To stop buffalo from destroying crops

• to harvest the meat to store for the winter.

• To force Native Americans to leave the land.

What was the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

• A Government agency that helped African Americans in the South.

• Individuals who wanted to see Native Americans freed from their reservations

• The U.S. agency that ran Reservations and ordered Natives to "Americanize"

To process where the Bureau of Indian Affairs tried to make Native Americans look and sound more American.

• Industrialization

• Americanization

• Brainwashing

• Revolution

“You are therefore directed to induce your male Indians to cut their hair, and both sexes to stop painting their faces, you must wear citizen clothing instead of the Indian Costume and blanket” - Bureau of Indian Affairs letter.

According to this letter, what did the Bureau of Indian affairs want the Native to do?

• They wanted Native Americans to move to Europe.

• They wanted Natives to keep their cultures and religions.

• They wanted Natives to drop their native culture and look/act more "American".

These schools were established on Reservations to teach native American children to be more American.

• American Indian Boarding School

• Native High Schools

• American University