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Native American Worksheet

Module by: Richard Daniel. E-mail the author

Summary: This module tests student knowledge of Native American events in US History 1877-Present.

NAME _______________________________________________ CLASS ___________________ DATE _________________

Conflict with Native Americans

A. KEY TERMS

Briefly identify each of the following.

1. reservation

2. boomer

3. sooner

B. MAIN IDEAS

Write the letter of the correct ending in the blank provided.

_____ 4. As American settlers moved west in search of land, many Indian nations

a. formed the Indian Territory

b. settled in farming villages.

c. settled east of the Mississippi.

d. were weakened or destroyed.

_____ 5. Many land agreements between Native Americans and settlers fell apart

because of different ideas about

a. agricultural methods.

b. land ownership.

c. water rights.

d. government.

_____ 6. The United States government encouraged attempts to

a. preserve Indian traditions.

b. take Indian lands.

c. protect Indian rights

d. record Indian heritage

_____ 7. The Massacre at Wounded Knee resulted in the death of

a. Custer and his regiment

b. Chief Sitting Bull.

c. more than 200 unarmed Sioux.

d. great buffalo herds.

_____ 8. An “Indian rights” movement grew out of outrage over

a. government treatment of Native Americans.

b. Native Americans’ misuse of the land.

c. establishment of Christian schools on reservations.

d. passage of the Dawes Act.

_____ 9. Many white reformers believed that Native Americans should

a. give land to settlers.

b. sign treaties with the federal government.

c. live on reservations.

d. be “civilized” and adopt white culture.

_____ 10. In 1889, Congress responded to pressure from squatters and other would-be settlers

by opening up

a. the Indian Territory.

b. Little Bighorn.

c.Wounded Knee.

d. the Great Plains.

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