Westward Expansion

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Why were white Americans moving West?

Gold!

Homestead Act - free land

the railroad

all of the above

1 point

How many acres were allotted under the Dawes General Allotment Act?

100

160

1 point

John Chivington and his Colorado militia attacked a group of Cheyenne and Arapaho. This was known as:

Battle of Wounded Knee

Battle of Little Big Horn

Sand Creek Massacre

The Trail of Tears

1 point

In general did the United States honor the treaties they made with Native Americans?

yes

1 point

What was the dance all the Native Americans started performing to ask their ancestors to help with the white men?

Moon Dance

Ancestor Dance

Ghost Dance

Sun Dance

1 point

Who died at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Chief Sitting Bull

General Custer

Chief Crazy Horse

John Chivington

1 point

Why were Native American children taken from their families and sent to boarding schools?

to learn reading, writing and math

to learn more about their tribal culture

To become more American

To learn about their tribal history

1 point

What happened to the buffalo?

they still roam

Native Americans killed them off

there were never very many to begin with

White buffalo hunters killed them off

1 point

Under the Dawes Act, what happened to tribes?

It allowed tribes to write their own Constitutions

It recognized tribes as their own independent nation

It relocated tribes onto reservations

they were legally disbanded and each Native American was considered an individual

10.

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Why did the United States want to build a railroad through Sioux hunting grounds in Montana?

to create a northern transcontinental railway

To annoy the Sioux

To connect to other railroads

Gold!

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