Question 1
What was the purpose of the Indian Appropriation Act of 1871?
Question 2
What significant event marked the tragic end of Native armed resistance as part of the Ghost Dance Movement?
Question 3
How did the closing of the frontier influence Native American territories?
Question 4
What event led to conflicts like the Sioux Wars and further restrictions on Indian territories?
Question 5
What impact did the Dawes Act of 1887 have on Native American reservations?
Question 6
What role did the Homestead Act and transcontinental railroads play in post-Civil War westward migration?
Question 7
How did the establishment of reservations impact Native American lifestyles?
Question 8
How did the mass killing of buffalo impact Native Americans?
Question 9
Why did Fredrick Jackson Turner suggest that the closing of the American frontier might lead to social and class conflicts?
Question 10
What shift occurred in land ownership due to the increasing mechanization of agriculture?
Question 11
Approximately what percentage of settlers acquired land through the government's free land offers?
Question 12
What was the aim of the Ghost Dance Movement among Native Americans?
Question 13
Who proposed the idea that the closing of the American frontier might lead to social and class conflicts?
Question 14
How did the introduction of barbed wire fencing impact the landscape in the West?
Question 15
How did the introduction of large cattle herds influence the lifestyle on the Great Plains?