Reading Questions Chapter 26 Part 1 590-600
Visuals
1 Opening quote…who?
2 bbox 595 “utility” of an animal…which animal?
3 Two paintings 595 and 597…from the “foremost artist…of the old west,” who?
4 bbox 596 A Sioux chieftan in negotiations with the Fed. Govt. complains that since they were promised not to be removed…they’ve been moved 5 times… what does he suggest the fed. govt. put on the Indians…?
5 quote from caption of Map 598…who? Essence of what is said…?
6 an asterisk 598… Battles Massacres strategy treachery ????
7 pic 599 Goyahkta – “one who yawns”… How do we know him? (name) Tribe
8 animal carving 601…. Most impt animal to “Plains Indians”…what animal?
9 5 maps on 602 illustrate the vanishing indian lands … What Act passed in 1887 took away 90 million acres, among other things… ?
Opening Quote
1 Who?
2 From what Essay?
3 How was their Euorpeanness cleansed?
4 Where is this Essay read in 1893?
5 What does the Census Bureau announce is closed forever in 1890, that motivates him to write this?
6 What is the group of modern historians called who Question Turner’s Thesis?
Intro
1 What has the GREAT WEST always been?
2 What is the Character of the Great American Man?
3 Which Region is the most diverse part of our nation?
4 Which region by % of population is the most urban by 1900?
5 The Great West is described as being a Rough square… with how many miles representing each side?
6 Who are the inhabitants of the Great West by 1865? (several)
7 What Four areas in the West by 1890 are still territories?
The Clash of Cultures on the Plains
8 “Probably never before in human experience has so huge an area been transformed so rapidly,” what area? 1860 – 1890
9 How many Native Americans in 1860?
10 What animal transforms the Sioux from crop growing villagers to Nomadic Traders?
11 Name the 2 treaties mentioned that attempt to separate the Indians into two great colonies…to the North and South of a corridor of Intended White settlement?
12 What are the Two areas the Indians are separated into called in the North and the South?
13 What does the Sioux Indian suggest to the Congressional Commission?
14 What is the Goal of “Western Reconstruction?”
15 Wars ravage the great west with the attempts by the Fed govt to transform (forced assimilation) the Indians into Christian farmers... living on smaller and smaller reservations controlled by corrupt “Indian Agents”…. 1/5th or 20% of the Troops sent to pacify the Indians were “Buffalo Soldiers”…. What is a Buffalo Soldier?
Receding Native Population
16 Sand Creek, Co. is an example of what type of war? Against who?
17 This time, who wins…The Fetterman Massacre in 1866? Where? What were the White settlers wanting to get in Montana (often repeated)?
18 The 2nd Treaty of Ft. Laramie signed by the Sioux and the FG in 1868…supposedly set up a “Great Reservation” guaranteed forever… however when Gold was discovered by trespassers in 1874….what happens?
19 Who is known as “White Chief with Yellow Hair?” and why is he significant?
20 Name the Indian Chiefsand the Tribe the leads mentioned battling Custer?
21 What happens at Little Bighorn, Montana?
22 How many US ARMY survivors of Little Bighorn?
23 What doe US Grant do after Little Big Horn?
24 Where do the Sioux go for protection?
25 Who does Sitting Bull tour the USA with later?
26 in 1877, which tribe leads the US Army on a 1700 mile adventure?
27 Who is the leader of the NEZ Perce?
28 At the end of the journey for the Nez Perce what does Chief Joseph say? Copy
29 Who is the great leader of the Apache who confounds the US and Mexican Govt for 35 years in their attempts to capture him and his tribe?
30 What does his Indian name translate into?
31 What happens to him in 1851?
32 How many times does he marry in the 35 year struggle?
33 What are his last words to his nephew in 1909?
34 What factors “tame” the Indians? (several)
Bellowing Herds of Bison
35 Which animal according to the bbox 595 and Gold pages was the “staff of life,” for the Indians?
36 This animal was so numerous …. Over 15 million in 1865… it was said that in 1868 a train had to wait HOW LONG for a herd to cross the rr tracks?
37 The slaughter of this animal almost led to complete extermination… How many left by 1885?
The End of the Trail
38 By the 1880’s the nation began to feel empathy for the plight of the Native Americans… A woman wrote a book which chronicles this “sorry” record… Name the woman and the title of the book?
39 What two groups debate the future of Indian policy…and what were their solutions?
40 What religious sacred ceremony of the Sioux was banned, with the help of Christian reformers, on reservations in 1884?
41 What Act is passed by Congress in 1887 that is supposed to help the Indians assimilate?
42 What are the 4 part of this act in bold in my notes?
43 Where were Indian Children sent?
44 What was the 3 part focus of their educational program?
45 What was the Motto of the Indian School?
46 What three things do white women sent to the Indian Reservation teach Indian Women?
47 What are the 3 effects in Bold in my notes of the Dawes Severalty Act, 1887?
48 How long before Indians receive title to their land…given to them by the US Govt? if they what?
49 What act passed during the New Deal, 50 years later which attempts to reverse some of the harm?
50 What does this act restore?
51 What new Religion spreads across the Reservations of the West?
52 Who received this prophecy?
53 What 3 things was this new religion based on?
54 How do the Lakota interpret this somewhat differently?
55 As the Lakota were starving….in an attempt to end their struggle what do they do?
56 What leader was arrested, and killed by the US Army?
57 What is the LAST “BATTLE” OF THE INDIAN WARS?
58 Who is responsible for the miserable treatment of the Native American Indian according to Black Elk?
59 In what year are all Native Americans granted full US Citizenship (see dawes act in notes) ?
60 How many acres are stolen from the Native Americans by the Dawes Act (see notes)?
61 The Dawes Act’s policy is called “FORCED ASSIMILATION,” WHAT DID THE US GOVT WANT ALL NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE WEST TO BECOME?