Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved CHAPTER 6 What effect did the Civil War and Reconstruction have on Indians? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What were the “Golden Years” of Indian Territory? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved How were farms and plantations set up? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What place did slavery hold in the Indian culture? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved Who was Gopher John? Gopher John Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What happened when slaves rebelled in 1842? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved Why did Union forces leave Indian Territory during the Civil War? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved Why did most Indians sympathize with the Confederacy? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What were the issues guiding Indians on which side to support? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What factors determined Cherokee support? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved How did the Creeks lead the push for neutrality? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What was the Battle of Round Mountain? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What convinced neutral Indians to join the Union effort? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved Why did the Civil War affect Indian Territory so negatively? Indian recruits are sworn into the army during the Civil War. Oklahoma Historical Society Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved Confederate agent Albert Pike signed treaties with the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Creeks in 1861. All four tribes agreed to support the Confederacy. Illustration by Charles Banks Wilson Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What happened to Western Indians in the Civil War? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved Why did John Ross defect to the Union? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What Indian became a Confederate general? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved Who was the last Confederate general to surrender? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What were “Reconstruction” treaties? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What requirements were mandated by the treaties? The Cherokee delegation to Washington, D.C., in 1866, included John Rollin Ridge, Saladin Watie, Richard Field, E. C. Boudinot, and W. P. Adair. Oklahoma Historical Society Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved What public grants were given to railroads? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. What role did geography play in the alignment of Indian Territory with the South in the Civil War? 2. What were the major reasons Indian Territory joined with the Confederacy? 3. How did the tribes settle into a society similar to that of the Old South? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 4. How did the Seminoles differ in their attitude toward slavery from that of the Cherokees? 5. Tell about the slave rebellion in 1842. 6. How was the Cherokee leadership divided over the issue of taking sides during the Civil War? Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 7. Why was the Confederacy interested in Indian Territory? 8. What actions did the Plains Indian Tribes take in taking sides during the Civil War? 9. How did Reconstruction affect Indian Territory? 10. Discuss the role of John Ross in the Civil War as it was conducted in Indian Territory. Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013 by ACP, Inc. All Rights Reserved