Great Sioux War

Question 1

Date?

Answer 1

June 1876

Question 2

Who was involved?

Answer 2

• Seventh Cavalry under General Custer
• Sioux (Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse)

Question 3

When did Custer + Seventh Cavalry travel to the Black Hills to survey the land for gold?

Answer 3

1874

Question 4

What were Custer + 7th Cavalry’s roles in Black Hills in 1874?

Answer 4

• Protect railroad company surveyors
• Find out if there was gold in the region

Broke the Treaty of Fort Laramie

Question 5

Major battles in the Great Sioux War?

Answer 5

• Battle of Power River (17 March 1876)
• Battle of the Rosebud (17 June 1876)
• Battle of Little Big Horn (25 - 26 June 1876)
• Battle of Slim Buttes (9 - 10 September 1876)
• Battle of Wolf Mountain (8 January 1877)

Question 6

How many white settlers travelled West in the Black Hills Gold Rush 1876?

Answer 6

15,000

Question 7

What caused the battle of Powder River?

Answer 7

• US government offered to buy Black Hills for $6 million or pay $400,000 a year for the mineral rights.
• Sioux were angered that the US government were disobeying the Fort Laramie Treaty (1868)

Question 8

Key events of Battle of Power River?

Answer 8

Reynolds stole 500 horse. They were taken back by Cheyenne the next morning.
Mostly killed women and children.
Set the village on fire as there were not enough resources to take.

Consequently Cheyenne and Sioux grew closer.

Question 9

Consequences of the Battle of little big horn?

Answer 9

• Government built new forts.
• Winter of 1876 - Sioux forced to return to the reservation by 2,500 soldiers.
• Sitting Bull fled to Canada
• Land split into smaller reservations

Question 10

What land was sold after Muddy Creek?

Answer 10

• Black Hills
• Powder River Country
• Bighorn Mountains

Question 11

Battle of Little Big Horn:
What was the deadline created by US government for the Sioux to return to their reservation?

Answer 11

1 January 1876
- Impossible due to heavy snow and sub-0 temp

Question 12

What was the size of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse’s army?

Answer 12

7000

Question 13

Who launched a campaign against the Sioux when they didn’t return to their reservation?

Answer 13

General Sheridan

Question 14

How many of Custer’s men were killed?

Answer 14

260 / 600 - all present at the battle

Question 15

Crazy Horse’s death?

Answer 15

Fort Robinson in 1877 by a guard

Question 16

Who was Custer?

Answer 16

A US Civil War hero

Question 17

Account of the Battle of Little Big Horn by Sir Henry Flashman?

Answer 17

‘There was just a great hideous scrimmage of bodies’

Question 18

Quote by White Bull (a member of Lakota Sioux) about the Battle of Little Big Horn

Answer 18

‘It was a glorious battle, I enjoyed it’

Question 19

Example of an immediate reaction to Custer’s death?

Answer 19

‘Complete life of General Custer’ by Whittaker. Published December 1876

‘To a death of perfect heroism’ quote from this book

Question 20

How is Custer viewed?

Answer 20

as a ‘fossil’ of Colonial America

Question 21

How many Sioux warriors at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Answer 21

2000