Name ____________________
Modern U.S. History
Mr. Kraft
Western Development
Indian Wars or Plains Wars – Power Point Notes
Time Period –
The Great American Desert =
 Regions:
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Western Migration:
 Reasons:
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Migration Trails: Direction of Each
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What eventually made traveling and migrating west easier?
Western “Lawmen” / “Good Guys”
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Western “Outlaws” / “Bad Guys”
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List some reasons why U.S. soldiers did not want to be stationed in the west?
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What is a “buffalo soldier”?
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What was the main obstacle for people traveling or settling in the West?
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List two of the most famous “Indian Haters / Killers” of all time:
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2.
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What did the Indian Removal Act (1830) accomplish?
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What Native American tribe was forced to march on the Trail of Tears?
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Where did the Trail of Tears start and where did it end?
Bad Treaties:
 Explain how treaties with the U.S. government hurt the situation of the Native Americans?
The Indian Wars / Plains Wars:
 Time Period –
Resistant Native American Tribes:
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What are five reasons why the Native Americans resisted the white settlers?
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What is the difference between the words agrarian and nomadic?
The Sioux War:
 Date –
 Where –
 Resistant Indian tribe and chief –
 U.S. Army Officer in command –
 Outcome:
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Sand Creek Massacre / Chivington Massacre:
 Date –
 Where –
 Resistant Indian tribe –
 Resistant Indian chief –
 U.S. Army officer in command –
 Outcome:
Fetterman Massacre:
 What bigger war or conflict was this massacre part of? –
 Date –
 Where –
 Resistant Indian tribe –
 Resistant Indian chief –
 U.S. Army officer in command –
 Outcome:
Battle of Little Big Horn (Custer’s Last Stand):
 Date –
 Where –
 Resistant Indian tribe –
 Resistant Indian chiefs:
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2.
 Commander U.S. Army detachment –
 U.S. Army detachment –
 Why was the U.S. army in this area where the conflict took place?
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Outcome:
The Apache Wars (Geronimo’s War):
 Date –
 Where –
 Apache chief during the 1st Apache War (1861 – 1874) –
 Apache chief during the 2nd Apache War (1874 – 1886) –
 Geronimo’s branch of the Apaches –
 Year of Geronimo’s surrender –
 Where were Geronimo and his people sent to when they surrendered?
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What happened to Geronimo and his tribe?
The Ghost Dance:
 Creator –
 Year Created –
 What was the Native American Rationale behind the “Ghost Dance”?
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Wounded Knee Massacre:
 Date –
 Where –
 Resistant Indian tribe –
 Resistant chief –
 U.S. Army detachment –
 What famous Indian chief was killed 14 days before this conflict occurred?
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What were the Indians at Wounded Knee Creek doing that caused suspicion amongst the
observing U.S. Army detachment?
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Outcome:
The Buffalo/ Bison Slaughter:
 Time Period: 1865 – 1890
 1865 Great Plains buffalo population =
 1890 Great Plains buffalo population =
 Reasons for the Buffalo Slaughter:
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The most famous “Buffalo Hunter” of all:
1. Real name –
2. Nickname –
3. What was his famous show that many people came to see? –
4. What was the purpose of his show? –
5. Where was this show “put on”?
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How did the Buffalo slaughter hurt the existence of the western Indians?
White Man’s Victory:
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Why were the Native Americans so easily defeated by the White Man?
The Dawes Act / Americanization of the Indians:
 Who was the Dawes Act named after? –
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What year was this law passed? –
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Terms:
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What does BIA stand for?
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Why was the Dawes Act a failure?
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What is the name of the school in Pennsylvania specifically intended for educating Native
American?
American Indian Movement (AIM): 1969 – Present
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What was the slogan of the AIM?
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AIM was part of what bigger movement?
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What island penitentiary did Native Americans inhabit in an effort to bring attention to their
struggles?
Compare and Contrast:
 Using a venn diagram, compare and contrast what the United States did to the Native
Americans during the Indian Wars or Plains Wars (1862 – 1890), to what Adolf Hitler did to the
Jews in WWII (1939 – 1945).
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