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What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
A government agency responsible for managing American Indian issues.
Who was John M. Chivington?
A U.S. Army colonel who, with 700-some Colorado volunteers, showed the Cheyenne men that he'd come in peace, and then suddenly opened fire on the men women and children, killing nearly 200 Indians -- The Sand Creek Massacre.
What is Tatanka Iyotake's Indian name, and who was he?
Sitting Bull; An important leader of the Sioux resistance, and had a vision predicting the Battle of the Rosebud .
Who did George Armstrong Custer fight against, and did he win?
The Lakota Sioux Tribe; No.
Who was the Battle of the Little Bighorn between, and who won?
The Sioux and Custer and his army; The Sioux.
What did Wovoka start?
A religious movement known as the Ghost Dance.
Who was believed to have been avenged through the Massacre at Wounded Knee?
Custer.
What happened at Wounded Knee?
Soldiers tried to acquire guns from the Indians, but were unsatisfied, and opened fire. 150 SIoux Indians and 30 soldiers were killed.
Who was Chief Joseph, and what did he agree to?
Leader of the Idaho Indians; A reservation relocation.
Who was Geronimo?
An Apache leader who fled his reservation with about 75 men, raiding settlements in Arizona & Mexico.
Who brought attention to the American Indians, especially pertaining to the mills that were supposed to be built?
Sarah Winnemucca.
What was the Dawes General Allotment Act?
An act requiring Indian lands to be surveyed & American Indian families to receive allotments of 160 acres of reservation land for farming.
What was the Homestead Act?
An act permitting "any citizen or intended citizen to select any surveyed land up to 160 acres and to gain title to it after five years' residence.
What gave land to railroad companies to help develop a railroad line?
The Pacific Railway Act.
What did the Morrill Act do?
Granted a total of more than 17 million acres of federal land to states.
Who were Exodusters?
African American settlers who headed west, following leaders like Benjamin SIngleton.
Who was Benjamin Singleton?
A 70-year-old former slave who lead the African American settlers west.
What are sod houses made of?
Mainly soil and wood.
When was the U.S. Department of Agriculture made?
1862.
What was a bonanza farm?
A large-scale operation with new farm machinery and cheap, abundant land.
Who was Willa Cather?
A woman who wrote Western stories about life on the Great Plains.
What was produced from mixing English cattle with Spanish cattle?
A Texas longhorn.
When did long drives occur?
When cowboys were herding their cattle to the railroads.
What was at the end of the long drives?
A railhead, or town along a railroad.
What's another term for 'free grazing land'?
Open range.
Who made barbed wire, and what was it?
a cheap fencing material created by Joseph Glidden.
What is the Comstock Lode?
One of the world's richest silver veins, yielding almost $500 million in just 20 years.
What's the patio process?
Using mercury to extract silver from ore.
Who negotiated the purchase of Alaska in 1867?
William H. Seward.
What is hydraulic mining?
water being shot at high pressures to rip away gravel & dirt to expose the minerals beneath.
What's hard-rock mining?
Sinking deep shafts to obtain ore locked in veins of rocks.
When did long drives occur?
When cowboys were herding their cattle to the railroads.
What was at the end of the long drives?
A railhead, or town along a railroad.
What's another term for 'free grazing land'?
Open range.
Who made barbed wire, and what was it?
a cheap fencing material created by Joseph Glidden.
What is the Comstock Lode?
One of the world's richest silver veins, yielding almost $500 million in just 20 years.
What's the patio process?
Using mercury to extract silver from ore.
Who negotiated the purchase of Alaska in 1867?
William H. Seward.
What is hydraulic mining?
water being shot at high pressures to rip away gravel & dirt to expose the minerals beneath.
What's hard-rock mining?
Sinking deep shafts to obtain ore locked in veins of rocks.