Lesson Quiz: Hardship for American Indians

Most women in Plains Indian societies took responsibility for_____.

• hunting bison on foot or on horseback.

• waging war to defend or extend territory.

• processing bison hides to make teepees and clothing

The American Indians of the Great Plains lived there successfully for many years because they _____.

• lived in peace with each other.

• depended on agriculture for food.

• adapted their way of life to the region.

How did the American government handle treaties with American Indians?

• It refused to establish treaties.

•   It often forced American Indians to sign new treaties.

• It requested new treaties when American Indians did not abide by them.

The Plains Indians' way of life disappeared along with _____

• the buffalo

• their reservations.

• their religious ceremony

The Dawes Act was an attempt by the government to _____.

• turn American Indians into farmers.

• make reservation life more bearable.

• bring back the American Indian way of life.

Before horses were brought to the Great Plains, the best way to hunt bison was to herd them into a _____.

The Dawes Act called for the ______ of reservation land to individual American Indian families.

When Plains Indians needed to move their villages to follow the bison, they loaded their belongings onto ______.

. Bison meat that has been cut up and dried is called ______.

According to the terms of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, the Lakotas and Arapahos would live on ______.