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To promote assimilation, American Indian children were

A
encouraged to speak their native language.
B
forbidden to speak their native language.
C
encouraged to learn many languages.
D
forbidden to learn English.
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Which statement best describes the impact of the discovery of gold on American Indian territory in the 1850s and 1870s?

A
War broke out among American Indian groups when warring chiefs signed new treaties with the government.
B
War broke out when white settlers pressured the government to take the land from American Indians.
C
War broke out among American Indian groups when some groups sold their land to the government.
D
War broke out when white settlers tried to buy land from warring American Indian groups.
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As white settlement increased, the government began to set aside land called _______ for American Indian groups.

A
reservations
B
homesteads
C
plains
D
tribes
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Which of the following statements is true?

A
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 allowed white settlers to claim tribal lands as homesteaders.
B
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations.
C
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1885 allowed white settlers to claim tribal lands as homesteaders.
D
The Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 meant that tribes were no longer classified as independent nations.
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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?

A
the ritualized movements of Sioux Indians during a Ghost Dance ceremony
B
the horrified response of Cheyenne Indians after the Sand Creek Massacre
C
the celebratory reaction to the signing of the Treaty of Fort Laramie
D
the anger and fear of white settlers that began after the Battle of Little Bighorn
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Supporters of the Dawes Act said the act would help American Indians to

A
keep traditions and customs.
B
increase property.
C
educate children.
D
become farmers.
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The conflict between the Sioux and the US military at Wounded Knee marked

A
the beginning of the American Indian Wars.
B
the final battle in the American Indian Wars.
C
the beginning of the Ghost Dance movement.
D
the end of the reservation system in the West.
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In the 1870s, when gold was discovered in the Blacks Hills, the federal government first tried to

A
buy the territory from the American Indians.
B
restrict all Sioux Indians to their reservation.
C
call on the US military to resolve the claims issue.
D
sign a new treaty with the area’s tribal chiefs.
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Which of the following best explains why the Battle of Little Bighorn is sometimes referred to as “Custer’s Last Stand”?

A
The Battle of Little Bighorn resulted in the death of General Custer and all two hundred of his troops.
B
The Battle of Little Bighorn was General Custer’s last battle before he retired from the military.
C
The Battle of Little Bighorn was the last conflict the US military engaged in with the Sioux Indians.
D
The Battle of Little Bighorn was the final conflict in the American Indian Wars of the late 1800s.
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Many Plains Indians had trouble living on reservations because they were

A
nomadic hunters.
B
farmers.
C
day laborers
D
explorers.

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