Attitudes and adaptations (AQA GCSE History): Quizzes
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What did white Americans call the issue of Plains Indians on lands settlers wanted?
What did white Americans call the issue of Plains Indians on lands settlers wanted?
The Indian problem
What did Americans supporting extermination believe the government should do?
What did Americans supporting extermination believe the government should do?
Use military force to eliminate resistance
What did humanitarian Americans believe about using violence against Plains Indians?
What did humanitarian Americans believe about using violence against Plains Indians?
It would worsen conflicts
Who did humanitarians accuse of deliberately provoking Plains Indians into conflicts?
Who did humanitarians accuse of deliberately provoking Plains Indians into conflicts?
Custer and Sherman
When did the major Indian Wars period occur?
When did the major Indian Wars period occur?
1875-1885
In which year did the Battle of the Little Big Horn take place?
In which year did the Battle of the Little Big Horn take place?
1876
What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 require of Plains Indian children?
What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 require of Plains Indian children?
Attend boarding schools
Which Sioux chief signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868?
Which Sioux chief signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868?
Red Cloud
What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 declare about Indian tribes?
What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 declare about Indian tribes?
They were no longer independent powers
When did General William T Sherman become stationed in the West?
When did General William T Sherman become stationed in the West?
After 1865
Why did the government deliberately destroy buffalo herds?
Why did the government deliberately destroy buffalo herds?
To force Indians onto reservations
By 1890, how many buffalo remained on the Plains?
By 1890, how many buffalo remained on the Plains?
A few hundred