U.S. History
Mr. Boothby
2/16/2018
TargetModule 11:Cultures Clash on the Prairie
Indians in the WEST/ Saloons/THE END OF THE REAL INDIANS!
BIG EXAM #1: NEXT WEEK!!! = GRAB YOUR NOTES FROM THE BOX!!!
Silently Read Pages 460-463 & 458(ONLY!)
Silently Read Pages 460-463 (Only 3 pages )
#’s 1-4 SHOULD BE 1 FULL PAGE + MINIMUM!
NO CHROMEBOOKS FOR THE FIRST 5 MIN OF SILENT READING!!!
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1.Why were cultural clashes between the Natives and the expanding America taking place? What were a few early attempts to “appease” this?
2. What were a few battles that took place that are historic (List/EXMad-Dog Chivington’s and Custer’s) explain what happened in each
(pg 458)?
3. What were a few ways (besides the Dawes Act) that Americans and the American Governmentbegan “taming” the Indians? Why do you think they/WE felt the need to do this???
4. How would you feel if you were given a DAWES ACT REVERSAL in 2018? You are given thepre-picked name “SNOW-MONKEY” & Forced to grow out your hair. Forced to dance daily in a wooden mask!
Would you assimilate???Write ½ Page SNOW MONKEY!
IT’S ALL DUE TODAY SNOW MONKEYS! ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE BUT BEWARE….
YEP! THAT’S RIGHT…JAMES CAMERON STOLE HIS IDEA FOR AVATAR!
IF YOU’RE THIS FAR YOU PROBABLY ARE READING THE BOOK…
HERE THEY ARE (US HISTORY B) TRUE BELIEVERS!!!
GO WAY DOWN FOR THE REACTION SNOW-MONKEYS!
1. How were cultural clashes between the Natives and the expanding Americans? What were some early attempts to “appease” this?
In the West, soldiers spread cholera, typhoid, and smallpox to the Indians. They also reduced the bison population through hunting.
The federal government tried to appease the Plains Indians by signing treaties with the "chiefs" of various "tribes" at Fort Laramie in 1851 and at Fort Atkinson in 1853. The treaties marked the beginning of the reservation system in the West.
2. What were a few battles that took place that are historic (List Chivington’s and Custer’s) explain what happened there?
At Sand Creek, Colorado in 1864, Colonel J. M. Chivington's militia killed 400 innocent Indians.
In 1866, a Sioux war party attacked and killed Captain William J. Fetterman's command of 81 soldiers and civilians in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains. The Battle of the Little Bighorn was a rare Indian victory in the plains wars.
In 1876, Colonel George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry was slaughtered as they tried to suppress the Indians after the Sioux attacked settlers who were searching for gold in the "Great Sioux reservation."
The Nez Percé Indians were sent to a dusty reservation in Kansas in 1877.
3. What were a few ways that Americans and the American Government
began “taming” the Indians? Why do you think they/WE felt the need to do so?
As a result of perceived Indian dangers, news reports of Custer’s Last Stand…Newspaper FEARS…
The "taming" of Indians was accelerated by the railroad, white men's diseases, and alcohol.
After the Civil War, over 15 million bison grazed the western plains. By 1885, fewer than 1000 were left after the bison had been slaughtered for their tongues, hides, or for amusement. Running Bison off cliffs to starve/move Indians and leaving the animals to rot!
4. How would you feel if you were an Indian in 1887 and given the “Dawes Act”? At your age would you care? Would you assimilate???
GIVEN THE NAME SNOW-MONKEY??? First off I would be super upset!
I hate long hair (no offense as it’s great for ladies and for other dudes/no worries) and would really hate the itchy mess, and feeling it on my shoulders. Losing what I want and know would make me ticked off and likely because I’m slightly O.C. (Not OCD) Just O.C. Overly Clean, I think I would have a very hard time adapting. I would feel bad thinking about how the Native Americans needed to adapt to my (or our) way of life!
The Dawes General Allotment “Severalty” Act of 1887 dissolved many tribes as legal entities, wiped out tribal ownership of land, and set up individual Indian family heads with 160 free acres. If the Indians behaved like "good white settlers" then they would get full title to their holdings as well as citizenship. The Dawes Act attempted to assimilate the Indians with the white men. The Dawes Act remained the basis of the government's official Indian policy until the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934.
CAUSE (FEAR):
In 1876, Colonel George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry was slaughtered as they tried to suppress the Indians after the Sioux attacked settlers who were searching for gold in the "Great Sioux reservation."