end of plains way of life

Question 1

sitting bull did what that restored the Sioux’s way of life

Answer 1

the ghost dance

Question 2

wounded knee

Answer 2

sitting bull ordered to be arrested then killed and the US army slaughtered around 300 unarmed Sioux, with the corpses left to freeze - marking the end the indian resistance

Question 3

what was the dawes act

Answer 3

when american broke up tribal lands into individual plots aimed to assimilate the plains indians (1887)

Question 4

when was the dawes act

Answer 4

1887

Question 5

what was the ghost dance

Answer 5

spiritual movement promising the return of the buffalo and the end of white rule - seen as a threat

Question 6

how did the extinction of the bufflo affect the indians

Answer 6

destroyed their food source and way of life making them dependent on the US government

Question 7

by 1890, why overall was the plain indians way of life completely destroyed (5)

Answer 7

defeat in the indian wars, reservations, buffalo extinction, forced assimilation, US expansion