Buffalo: hunting and extermination (Edexcel GCSE History): Quizzes
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How many buffalo roamed the Great Plains in 1840?
How many buffalo roamed the Great Plains in 1840?
13 million
By what percentage did buffalo numbers decline between 1840 and 1895?
By what percentage did buffalo numbers decline between 1840 and 1895?
99%
What did buffalo provide to Plains Indians?
What did buffalo provide to Plains Indians?
Everything needed for life
What happened in 1871 that transformed buffalo hunting?
What happened in 1871 that transformed buffalo hunting?
Cheap leather-making process found
How many buffalo did Buffalo Bill kill whilst working for the railroad company in 1867-1868?
How many buffalo did Buffalo Bill kill whilst working for the railroad company in 1867-1868?
Around 4,280
How did railroad construction affect buffalo herds?
How did railroad construction affect buffalo herds?
Divided herds & disrupted migration
What made sport hunting particularly wasteful?
What made sport hunting particularly wasteful?
Killed for trophies, left carcass
When did the government ban tribal hunting expeditions off reservations?
When did the government ban tribal hunting expeditions off reservations?
Late 1860s
What was the government's role in buffalo extermination?
What was the government's role in buffalo extermination?
Actively encouraged it
How many buffalo survived by 1895?
How many buffalo survived by 1895?
Around 200
What happened to Indigenous peoples after buffalo extermination?
What happened to Indigenous peoples after buffalo extermination?
Forced onto reservations
How did settlers' livestock affect buffalo?
How did settlers' livestock affect buffalo?
Competed for grazing & spread disease