Oklahoma History Unit 4 Study Guide, Chapters 10-12

  1. What were the reasons why members of the Five Tribes would choose to fight for the Confederacy?
  2. What was Albert Pike’s mission in Indian Territory?
  3. Which two tribes were not split in their support of the Confederacy?
  4. What happened to Opothleyaholo, a full-blood Creek, when he refused to join the Confederacy?
  5. Where was the first Civil War battle in Oklahoma?
  6. What were the Cherokees accused of doing after the Battle of Pea Ridge?
  7. What was the goal of Confederate forces in Indian Territory during the latter part of the Civil War?
  8. Why did the Confederates in Indian Territory have very little impact on the Civil War?
  9. Where did most of the deaths among the Five Tribes during the Civil War take place?

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  1. What impact did the Civil War have on the Five Tribes?
  2. List some conditions of the Reconstruction Treaties of 1866.
  3. Describe the Seminole tribe during Reconstruction.
  4. What did many mixed-blood Indians due to help with economic recovery (when the slaves are freed)?
  5. How did Isaac Parker’s law enforcement affect the Tribes?
  6. Why was the intertribal constitution written at Okmulgee not satisfactory to the U.S.?
  7. On what land did most of the Indians who came into Indian Territory after the Civil War live? (From where did the land come?)
  8. What were the effects of the railroad on Indian Territory?
  9. What were the effects of the cattle drives on Indian Territory?
  10. What did individual members of the Five Tribes do in an effort to reconstruct their economies after the Civil War (what kind of farming and agricultural work did they do)?

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  1. What tribe returned to its home in Washington after staying on a reservation for six years?
  2. What happened at the peace council of Medicine Lodge Creek?
  3. What happened in the Battle of Washita?
  4. Who was the leader of the U.S. forces in the Battle of Washita?
  5. What was the purpose of the Red River War?
  6. What happened to Indians captured in the Red River War?
  7. Who was the Comanche leader who surrendered in the Red River War?
  8. Who were the Buffalo Soldiers and why were they given that name?
  9. How did the federal government wish to Americanize the Indians during the times of the Indian wars?
  10. What religion were most of the government agents sent to the tribes?
  11. What was the purpose of the reservation schools?
  12. While on the reservation, how did Indians acquire their food?
  13. What was the one idea that was hardest for the Indians to accept about living on the reservation?
  14. In what ways did Indians try to cope with living on the reservation?
  15. How was Peyote used by the Indians?
  16. What was the purpose of the Ghost Dance?