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1.|What happened to the Plains Indian population between 1780 and 1870?Ø The population declined by half because of disease and as the Sioux pushed west, they defeated weaker opposition. Cheyenne warrior anguished, disease shifted balance of power |
2.|Explain the Indian wars on the Great Plains:Ø It marked its last resistance of its population devastated by disease and demoralized by the removal policy pursued by the government. Some tribes including the crow, Arikara, Pawnee and Shoshoni fought alongside US army against their own enemies, the Sioux. In 1877 the army issued an ultimatum come on to the reservation or be hunted down. |
3.|What was the purpose and outcome of educational opportunities that white reformers provided to Native American children?Ø They proposed that Indian children be sent off reservation boarding schools. Where they would be forced to adopt white dress, manners, culture, and language. In the face of this assault on their cultures, Indians found a way to resist, adapt, and hold on to their culture identify. |
4.|What happened to the buffalo herds on the Great Plains?Ø The Sioux, hunting on horseback, staked their survival on the buffalo. A host of environmental and human factors contributed to the decline of the bison. After the Civil war, that nearly brought the extinction of the bison. With leather belting and the combination of slaughter.|
5.|What is the Battle of the Little Big Horn?Ø “Custer’s last stand “Battle between Sioux warriors led by crazy horse and Sitting Bull and American cavalry led by George Armstrong Custer. Custer charged into a Sioux encampment, he and his men were killed. This was a major military victory for the Sioux but their success was short lived. |
6.|What was the easiest way to get rich in the silver mining industry?Ø An active San Francisco stock market sprang up to finance operations on the Comstock. The easiest way to get rich was to sell their claims or to form mining companies and
2.|Explain the Indian wars on the Great Plains:Ø It marked its last resistance of its population devastated by disease and demoralized by the removal policy pursued by the government. Some tribes including the crow, Arikara, Pawnee and Shoshoni fought alongside US army against their own enemies, the Sioux. In 1877 the army issued an ultimatum come on to the reservation or be hunted down. |
3.|What was the purpose and outcome of educational opportunities that white reformers provided to Native American children?Ø They proposed that Indian children be sent off reservation boarding schools. Where they would be forced to adopt white dress, manners, culture, and language. In the face of this assault on their cultures, Indians found a way to resist, adapt, and hold on to their culture identify. |
4.|What happened to the buffalo herds on the Great Plains?Ø The Sioux, hunting on horseback, staked their survival on the buffalo. A host of environmental and human factors contributed to the decline of the bison. After the Civil war, that nearly brought the extinction of the bison. With leather belting and the combination of slaughter.|
5.|What is the Battle of the Little Big Horn?Ø “Custer’s last stand “Battle between Sioux warriors led by crazy horse and Sitting Bull and American cavalry led by George Armstrong Custer. Custer charged into a Sioux encampment, he and his men were killed. This was a major military victory for the Sioux but their success was short lived. |
6.|What was the easiest way to get rich in the silver mining industry?Ø An active San Francisco stock market sprang up to finance operations on the Comstock. The easiest way to get rich was to sell their claims or to form mining companies and