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Mini Test/ Quiz Monday, September 11th

Native Americans Chapter 2, Lesson 3

Analyze this photo: - Who do you think this is?

- Think about: - His clothing

- His hair

- The background

-How/ where the photo was taken

Vocabulary

Nomad

Annuity

Assimilate

Allotment

It matters because…

As the population of the Great Plains grew, clashes between people were more common.

This continued as the government tried to force Native Americans onto reservations and pressured them to assimilate into the culture of the United States (Americanization)

Buffalo

Main source of food, shelter, and clothing.

Nomads follow a food supply

Settlers ruined hunting grounds

Struggles for the Plains Indians

The Dakota Sioux Uprising

Red Cloud’s War

Sand Creek Massacre

Indian Peace Commission Failure

Flight of Nez Perce

Wounded Knee

Americanization

the Dawes Act

Conflicts - Fights over land

-Broke treaties

-Hunting grounds

-Massacres -Sand Creek

Battle of the Little Bighorn

June 25, 1876

Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer

Seventh Cavalry

Lakota & Cheyenne tribes

Native Americans killed ALL of the Seventh Cavalry in less than an hour

Americanization

(noun) the action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality

Examples: Speak English

Boarding schools

English names

American fashion

Cut their hair

Attend church

The Dawes Act

Congress; 1887

Divided reservations into allotments

Citizenship granted after 25 years of living on the land

Leftover land sold to American settlers

Geography Connection

Page 109

Answer the Geography Connection questions, 1 and 2 in your notebook.