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Clep 1880 US Indians

1880-1930 US Indian History

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In the 1860's, the federal government established tracts of land called _______ for the Indian tribes to settle down and take up agriculture. reservations 1860
The fed. gov. was selling blocks of land in the West to settlers, and the _____ were getting in the way. The government's policy was to confine them to reservations, where they could settle down instead of roaming land that settlers wanted to settle. Native American 1880
The series of battles between the 1860s and the 1880s in which various Indian tribes fought the US Army and settlers are known as the_______ _______. Indian Wars 1880
Native American resistance in the Southwest did not end until Apache chief _____ was captured in 1886. Geronimo 1886
A key to elimination of the Indian resistance on the Great Plains was the destruction of the _____. Bison. 1880
Soldiers, settlers, & "sportsmen" killed millions of bison, or buffalo. The Native Americans of the ___ ___ depended on the bison for life--they used its dung for fuel, its skin for clothing and shelter, and its meat for food. Great Plains 1880
Under the __________of 1887 the government distributed land among individual Native Americans instead of dealing with the tribe as a sovereign nation. Dawes Severalty Act 1887
The Dawes Severalty Act was an effort by the federal government to promote agriculture among the Native Americans. Previously, it had stuck to a policy of dealing with the tribes as _____ nations, instead of addressing the _____ directly. sovereign, individuals 1887
A religious movement that became popular among the Plains Indians was the ___ ___. This movement promised to bring back the buffalo herds and to protect the Native Americans from the settlers and soldiers. Ghost Dance 1889
he Ghost Dance became so popular that the government feared that it would lead to Indian resistance. When attempts to ban it failed, the military ended up killing many ___ Indians--marking the final end of Indian resistance. Sioux 1889
The Native Americans have been the___ minority group in the United States throughout the twentieth century poorest 1900
First policy of the U.S. Government regarind the Plains Indians: Let them have it all: its a desert anyway 1880
Let them have it all; divide them between two large ___; confine them to a number of smaller reservations; give them their land in individual parcels. In the end the government returned to their plans for reservations. reservations 1880
On what did the Plains Indians depend for survival? The buffalo 1880
What purpose was the Indian Reorganization Act supposed to serve? It was meant to give Indians back control of their lands and the right to preserve their traditions. Indian lands could no longer be divided up and parceled out. 1939
The Dawes Act marked a change in policy toward Native Americans by: ending the practice of negotiating treaties with Native American nations. 1887
The Indian Reorg. Act was controversial for all of the following reasons EXCEPT a. the act attempted to restore tribal government. b. it granted citizenship to Native Americans. c. the act effectively ended the policy of assimilation. b. it granted citizenship to Native Americans. 1939
All demands of the Am. Indian Movement EXCEPT a.review of broken treaties. b.an investigation of the activities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. c. greater control over tribal affairs. d. greater economic opportunities on reserv. e.the right to vote. e. the right to vote. 1973
Plains Native Am. could NOT have continued way of life after the 1870s primarily, because whites had destroyed all but a few hundred buffalo on the plains. 1880
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 was met with hostility, because: those opposed to government intervention thought it would lead to a larger bureaucracy. 1934
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