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Am History Ch13
American History Chapter 13
Question | Answer |
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Who were the main Plains Indian tribes? | Sioux, Blackfoo, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Comanche. |
What was the Sand Creek Massacre? (1864) | Cheyenne slaughtered by the military. |
What was the Battle of Little Bighorn? (1876) | Slaughter of US Army troops under General Custer by the Sioux. |
What was the Wounded Knee Massacre? (1890) | Sioux slaughtered by the U.S Army. |
What was the Ghost Dance Movement? | vision that the Indian dead would live again, the buffalo would return, and white settlers would leave if tribes preformed the dance ritual. Eventually this is outlawed. |
What is Americanization? | movement by the U.S govt. to make the Indians like the white people. Were taken miles away from home, had to wear white clothing and only speak English. |
What was the Dawes Act? (1887) | Indians received desert like land and even if they received good land they didn't have money to afford farming equipment. |