Attitudes and adaptations (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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What white Americans called the Native presence issue
What white Americans called the Native presence issue
The 'Indian problem'
What 'exterminators' believed government should do
What 'exterminators' believed government should do
Use military force to eliminate Plains Indian resistance
Indian Wars period dates
Indian Wars period dates
1875-1885
Battle of Little Big Horn year
Battle of Little Big Horn year
1876
Humanitarian viewpoint on violence
Humanitarian viewpoint on violence
Opposed it; preferred peaceful solutions & reservations
Fort Laramie Treaty year
Fort Laramie Treaty year
1868
Chief who signed Fort Laramie Treaty 1868
Chief who signed Fort Laramie Treaty 1868
Red Cloud of the Sioux
Indian Appropriations Act year
Indian Appropriations Act year
1871
Effect of Indian Appropriations Act 1871
Effect of Indian Appropriations Act 1871
Tribes no longer independent powers; ended treaty-making
General who developed harsh Plains Indian policies post-1865
General who developed harsh Plains Indian policies post-1865
General William T Sherman
Government strategy to force Indians onto reservations
Government strategy to force Indians onto reservations
Buffalo extermination
Buffalo population by 1890
Buffalo population by 1890
Few hundred (from millions)
What buffalo provided Plains Indians
What buffalo provided Plains Indians
Food, clothing, shelter, trade goods - all survival needs