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6. Why did violence in Abilene grow worse at the end of the civil war?

  • Lost of rustlers took revenge on the other side
  • Cowboys were confederated whilst abilenne locals were unionists
  • There wasn't any violence
  • Abilene fought agaisnt neighburing towns

7. How did horses help the Indians move to the plains?

  • They could move around faster and easier, hunting was easier and they became a symbol of wealth
  • The horses ate the buffalos grass so they became dependant on the whites
  • They could travel back east whenever they wanted
  • They could sell the horses in order to ensure safe passage

8. How did the reservations destroy the indian society?

  • No need for visions, no horses for wealth, no buffalo for food, clothing and shelter
  • They were still self sufficient but they didn't like the new food
  • It didn't, they carried on as normal
  • No buffalo for food, clothing and shelter, became farmers, still believed in the spirit

9. What kind of attacks did the Mormons launch on the on coming troops?

  • They ran away
  • Guerrilla attacks
  • Everyone charged at them
  • They surrendered

10. Where did Brigham Young decide to take the Mormons?

  • Salt Lake
  • Onto the Great Plains
  • California
  • Oregon

11. What would happen if an individual broke the rules?

  • A punishment would be decided by the council
  • Vigilantes took matters into their own hands
  • They would be: shamed, humiliated and sometimes banished
  • They would be banished

12. Why did the whites think that the indians were pagans?

  • They were in America first so they must be pagans
  • They lived in a circle
  • The scalps and paintings of victories on the tipi's and praying to spirits
  • If they were pagans it would justify their hate

13. How was the tipi suited to resist the strong winds?

  • It's conical shape
  • The materials it was made from
  • It wasn't
  • Wooden pegs around the bottom

14. How would the ranchers identify their own cattle?

  • Paint them different colours
  • They would brand them
  • They would put them in marked pens
  • They wouldn't

15. When was the peak in cattle ranching?

  • there wasn't one
  • 1880 - 1885
  • 1875
  • 1880 - 1890

16. Who single handedly held off the attck so that the village could prepare?

  • The Sheriff
  • Nick Ray
  • Nate Champion
  • Billy the Kid

17. How did the US army react?

  • Granted Pardon as long as they came under their rule
  • Gave Brigham Young a warning
  • They attcked and killed all of the mormons at salt lake
  • They did nothing

18. What happened to the mormons when the economic depression hit?

  • Their bank collapsed so were run out of kirtland
  • Nothing
  • Only their bank survived so they became rich and were run out of kirtland as frauds
  • The gentiles killed the mormons

19. Who wanted cutlural assimilation with the Indians?

  • The negotiators
  • The President
  • The ecterminators
  • The Indians

20. Why did custer divide his troops?

  • He didn't
  • It had been a successful tactic at the battle of washita river
  • It was a basic us army tactic
  • He was changing his tactics to surprise the Indians