Objective 4.02

Evaluate the impact that settlement in the West had upon different groups of

people and the environment.

Include the following on a timeline of events in the lives of the Native Americans in the West:

Sand Creek MassacreNez Perce WarBattle of Little Big HornDawes Severalty ActBattle of Wounded KneeHelen Hunt Jackson: A Century of Dishonor

What impact did each of these have on the lives of Native Americans in the West?

Native American Timeline

Cowboys

Buffalo Soldiers

Native Americans

Transcontinental Railroad

Railroad linking the East Coast to the West Coast

Promontory Point Utah

Meeting Point of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads. Completed the Transcontinental Railroad

Exodusters

• African American settlers that moved West in search of a new life away from racism and slavery.

Buffalo Soldiers

Black soldiers in the west, reorganized in 1866- 9th and 10 U.S. Calvary

Battle of Little Big Horn

Site of battle between General George Armstrong Custer and Indians led by Sitting Bull

Sand Creek Massacre

150 Cheyenne killed by Col. John Chivington and his troops

Sitting Bull

• Sioux leader, defeated George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn

• He was arrested for participating in a Ghost Dance leading to the Massacre at Wounded Knee Creek

Wounded Knee

The Sioux Nation was attacked for participating in a Ghost Dance ritual resulting in the death of 150 to 350 members of the tribe.

Chief Joseph

Leader of the Nez Perce Indians tribe; famous quote “I will fight no more forever”

Dawes Severalty Act

Passed in 1887 in an attempt to “Americanize” the Native Americans, broke up the reservations and gave land to individuals

Helen Hunt Jackson

Well known writer, wrote “A Century of Dishonor” described the broken promises between the government and the Indians

QuizChoose 5

• Promontory Point, Utah• Transcontinental Railroad• Irish immigrants• Chinese immigrants• Cattle drives• Buffalo• Reservation system• Buffalo soldiers

• Sand Creek Massacre• Battle of Little Big Horn• Sitting Bull• Dawes Severalty Act• Chief Joseph/Nez Percé• Helen Hunt Jackson’s A

Century of Dishonor• Wounded Knee• Frederick Jackson Turner