Settling the West

What was the goal of the Dawes Act?

• allowed Native Americans to hunt buffalo

• allowed Native Americans to mine for gold

• gave Native American families land (private property) to farm but eventually took most of their land

The U.S. Army troops massacred over 200 Sioux women, men and children

• Battle of Little Big Horn

• Sandcreek Massacre

• Wounded

  Knee

• Ghost

  Dance movement

The reservation system

• forced Native Americans to move to dry undesirable lands

• forced Native Americans to move to cities and live in apartments

• allowed Native Americans to hunt buffalo

African Americans who moved from the South to the West and the Great Plains were known as

• Exodusters

• Farmers

• Ranchers

• Miners

In 1862 this gave settlers land at a low price or no cost

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Reservation Act

What invention closed the open range in the Great Plains?

• barbed wire

• railroad

• mining

• ranching

All of the following are important to the culture of Native Americans in the Great Plains EXCEPT:

• land ownership for farming

• buffalo

• horses

• the importance of family

What did white settlers want from Native Americans living in the Great Plains?

• they wanted land

• they wanted teepees because sod houses were hard to build

• they wanted buffalo hides

Cowboys used the long drive on the

• Chisholm Trail to drive cattle to the railroad

• Chisholm Trail to drive horses to the railroad

• Chisholm Trail to drive buffalo to the railroad

How did Native Americans compromise with the U.S. government?

• fighting against U.S. troops

• agreeing to signed treaties

• taking money from the U.S. government in exchange for their lands