Chapter 16
In 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota,
the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred two hundred Indians.
The Dawes Act of 1887
was viewed by the United States government as a plan to save the Indians.
In 1890, the "Ghost Dance"
was a spiritual revival among Plains Indians.
In the late nineteenth century, the popular image of the American West
All these answers are correct.
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
Chief Joseph.
In the 1880s, the open range cattle industry declined as a result of
drought.
The decimation of American buffalo herds in the late nineteenth century
happened almost entirely in the space of a single decade, destroying the ability of Plains Indians to resist the advance of white settlers. All these answers are correct.
Which of the following was NOT a significant source of resentment for the late nineteenth-century farmers?
neighboring farms
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
resulted in the deportation of half of the Chinese in the United States.
The 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn
was a short-lived Indian victory.