topics 10-11

Question 1

Government grants of land or money to railroad companies to build railroads in the West.

Answer 1

railroad subsidies

Question 2

laws passed that granted federal land to states for the purposed of building colleges.

Answer 2

Morrill Land-Grant Acts, 1862 and 1890

Question 3

historian who argued tha tcheap, abundant land and the settlement of the American West were the dominant factors in creating American democrac and shaping the national character.

Answer 3

Federick Jackson Tuner

Question 4

Lakota leader who resisted white movement into the Black Hills and fought at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Killed by U.S. soldiers in 1877

Answer 4

crazy horse

Question 5

Lakota holy man who led a resistance against U.S. government policies toward Indians. His visions led to the battle of Little Big Horn. Killed in the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890.

Answer 5

Sitting Bull

Question 6

war between the U.S. army and the tribes (Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho) that took part in the Battle of the Litte Big Horn. The war ended in 1881 with the surrender of Sitting Bull.

Answer 6

Great Sioux War, 1876-1881

Question 7

River in Montana where George Custer andd the U.S. cavalry attacked an Indian encampment. Most of Custer’s force died in the battle.

Answer 7

Little Big Horn, 1876

Question 8

Nez Perce chief in the Northwest who led his tribe in an attempt to escape to Canada in 1877. U.S. troops forced him to surrender. He and his people were exiled to a reservation.

Answer 8

Chief Joseph

Question 9

Author of A Century of Dishonor (1881), a book that advocated improved treatment of American Indians

Answer 9

Helen Hunt Jackson

Question 10

law that intended to break up Indian reservtions into individual farms and turn american indians into homesteaders. Designed to end common ownership of the land. Surplus lands were sold to raise money for indian education

Answer 10

Dawes Severalty Act, 1887

Question 11

Indian belief that centered on a ritual dance that would bring about an Indian messiah who would banish the whites, bring back the buffalo, and restore land to the Indians.

Answer 11

Ghost Dance

Question 12

Last major encounter between Indians and the U.S. army. the Lakota Inidans were overpowered by U.S. troops and roughly 300 Lakota died.

Answer 12

Massacre at Wounded Knee, 1890