Author Question: In the 1850s, the U.S. policy of concentration for Indians A. assigned all tribes to their own ... (Read 60 times)

jCorn1234 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The decimation of American buffalo herds in the late nineteenth century

A. was accelerated by the booming new market for buffalo hide.

B. was fostered by the railroad companies.

C. destroyed the ability of Plains Indians to resist the advance of white settlers.

D. happened almost entirely in the space of two decades.

E. All these answers are correct.

Question 2

Which Indian chief was murdered during the Civil War after white soldiers tricked him into surrendering?

A. Wovoka

B. Mangas Colorados

C. Cochise

D. Geronimo

E. Sitting Bull

Question 3

The Indian leader who said, I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever, was

A. Crazy Horse.

B. Sitting Bull.

C. Black Kettle.

D. Chief Joseph.

E. Cochise.

Question 4

The 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn

A. saw the destruction of the entire Seventh Cavalry.

B. saw the Sioux united under Sitting Bull and Geronimo.

C. marked the start of prolonged warfare in the Dakotas.

D. took place in Wyoming.

E. was a short-lived Indian victory.

Question 5

In the 1850s, the U.S. policy of concentration for Indians

A. assigned all tribes to their own defined reservations.

B. had many benefits for both whites and Indians.

C. set the basis for Indian policy for the rest of the century.

D. reduced conflicts between whites and Indians.

E. affirmed and continued the previous federal treatment of Indians.