Ch 8 WS #2

American History

 

  1. What determined where the Plains Indians lived?

 

 

  1. What did the US gov’t agree to give the Dakota Sioux?

 

 

  1. How were 3 leaders of the Lakota Sioux?

 

 

  1. What was Fetterman’s Massacre?

 

 

  1. What was the Sand Creek Massacre?

 

 

  1. What did the Indian Peace Commission do? Who was to run the reservations?

 

 

  1. What happened to the buffalo on the plains?

 

 

  1. Why did the battle at Little Bighorn take place?

 

 

  1. What was the Ghost Dance? What did the Lakota’s refusal to stop doing it lead to?

 

 

  1. What did it mean that many wanted to “assimilate” the Native Americans?

 

 

  1. What did the Dawes Act do? Why did it fail?