American Indians On A Closing Frontier

The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 encouraged American Indians to live freely on unoccupied lands. divide their land into 160-acre plots. sell unoccupied lands. live confined on reservations.

In the reservation system, American Indian tribes were confined to assigned land with defined borders. flexible borders. unknown borders. natural borders.

Which of the following statements is true? The Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 allowed white settlers to claim tribal lands as homesteaders. The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations. The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 allowed white settlers to claim tribal lands as homesteaders. The Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations.

Many Plains Indians had trouble living on reservations because they were nomadic hunters. farmers. day laborers explorers.

To promote assimilation, American Indian children were encouraged to speak their native language. forbidden to speak their native language. encouraged to learn many languages. forbidden to learn English.

Many more settlers began moving west with the completion of the transcontinental railroad. the passing of the Indian Appropriations Act. the defeat of American Indians at the battle at Wounded Knee. the institution of the reservation system.

Which of the following best describes the reasons why the Dawes Act was passed? The Dawes Act was passed to make American Indians property owners and to open up more land for white settlers. The Dawes Act was passed to open up more land for American Indians and to provide protection from white settlers. The Dawes Act was passed to take land away from American Indians and to move them to reservations. The Dawes Act was passed to give American Indian families farmland and to end homesteading by white settlers.

As a consequence of the Dawes Act, by 1900, American Indians had gained more land than they held in 1881. had lost half the land they held in 1881. had lost all of the land they held in 1881. had kept all of the land they held in 1881.

Which of the following describes an effect of the allotment system? American Indians lost their land. American Indians gained some land. American Indians competed with settlers for land. American Indians farmed with settlers.

How did the policy of allotment impact American Indians? Many American Indian families received one hundred sixty acres of land to farm. Many American Indian families were never allowed to leave their one hundred sixty acre plot of land. Many American Indian families combined their one hundred sixty acres to farm communally. Many American Indian families traded their one hundred sixty acres to gain wealth.

Under the allotment system, many American Indian families did not farm and ignored the government policy. were successful farmers and competed with white settlers. tried to farm communally and established their own system. made an effort to succeed at farming but often failed.

In the 1870s, when gold was discovered in the Blacks Hills, the federal government first tried to buy the territory from the American Indians. restrict all Sioux Indians to their reservation. call on the US military to resolve the claims issue. sign a new treaty with the area's tribal chiefs.

Which statement best describes the impact of the discovery of gold on American Indian territory in the 1850s and 1870s? War broke out among American Indian groups when warring chiefs signed new treaties with the government. War broke out when white settlers pressured the government to take the land from American Indians. War broke out among American Indian groups when some groups sold their land to the government. War broke out when white settlers tried to buy land from warring American Indian groups.

Which of the following best explains why the Battle of Little Bighorn is sometimes referred to as "Custer's Last Stand"? The Battle of Little Bighorn resulted in the death of General Custer and all two hundred of his troops. The Battle of Little Bighorn was General Custer's last battle before he retired from the military. The Battle of Little Bighorn was the last conflict the US military engaged in with the Sioux Indians. The Battle of Little Bighorn was the final conflict in the American Indian Wars of the late 1800s.

Read Mrs. Z. A. Parker's observations from 1890. [T]hey raised their eyes to heaven, their hands clasped high above their heads, and stood straight and perfectly still, invoking the power of the Great Spirit to allow them to see and talk with their people who had died. . . .They would go as fast as they could, their hands moving from side to side. What is Parker describing in this quotation? the ritualized movements of Sioux Indians during a Ghost Dance ceremony the horrified response of Cheyenne Indians after the Sand Creek Massacre the celebratory reaction to the signing of the Treaty of Fort Laramie the anger and fear of white settlers that began after the Battle of Little Bighorn

The conflict between the Sioux and the US military at Wounded Knee marked the beginning of the American Indian Wars. the final battle in the American Indian Wars. the beginning of the Ghost Dance movement. the end of the reservation system in the West.

What was true of American Indian tribes under the Indian Appropriations Act? The United States government agreed to sign treaties with all tribes. Tribes were no longer considered to be independent nations. Tribe members were no longer wards of the government. The United States government helped tribes keep their cultural identity.

Supporters of the Dawes Act said the act would help American Indians to keep traditions and customs. increase property. educate children. become farmers.

As white settlement increased, the government began to set aside land called ________________ for American Indian groups.