Which of these came first: the Indian Appropriations Act, the end of the war with Mexico or the creation of a Permanent Indian Frontier.
Creation of a Permanent Indian Permanent Frontier.
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What is the importance of the Buffalo?
They depended on the Buffalo, they used horses to hunt and used every part of the Buffalo for food, clothes, religion etc.
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What is the importance of the Horse?
Horses was one of the main reasons they moved, it enabled them to hunt Buffalo and travel.
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What was the importance of the oregan trail?
It enabled the migrating to the West.
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What was the importance of the Indian Appropriations Act (1851) for the way of life of the Plains Indians?
The act ended the pratice of treating tribes as indpendent nations and move them onto reservations.
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Why were whites and Plains Indians unable to live together peacefully?
Indians were seen as savages due to their beliefs and the way they lived, they wanted Indians to live like them.
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How were the Indians able to live on the Plains so succesfully?
Dependance on the buffalo - Used horses to follow herds and hunt them, used every part of the buffalo for food, clothes etc.
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How important to the Plains Indians was their belief in the Spirit World?
There belief was very important as it influenced there way of life. For example the belief in the Wanka Tanka (The Great Spirit) lived in the Happy Hunting Ground where they hunted.
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Why did the Indian Plains go to war?
They went to become wealthy, gain a wife, test spritual powers, gain a wife, seek revenge, destroy enemies, defend their way of life and prove bravery.
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How did the Indian Plains go to war?
Scalp the enemy, Counting Coup (touch the enemy), went to war in summer, only went their food supplies were high and they had to stay alive so not to lose their scalp.
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What is the connection between railroads and the destruction of the Buffalo?
The railroads brought Buffalo Hunters which caused the population to lower.
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What is the connection between the discovery of the gold and conflict on the Plains?
There was gold discovered on Black Hills which was a sacred land for the Plain Indians.
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Is there a connection between railroads and cattles?
They both caused distruption to the Buffalos and took drives through the West.
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What is the connection between The American Civil War, Cattle and railroads?
The victory in the war resulted new territories in the West, therefore the railroads would continue on through the west, carrying Cattleman and their Cattle.
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What was the conflict with Homesteaders on the Plains?
They were newly arriving immigrants that tooj land and killed Indians who came close to their farms.
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What was the connection with Travellers and with Indians?
They brought diseases such as measels which killed thousands.
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Was the end of the American Civil War a turning point in the history of the American West?
It resolved the questions of states rights and slavery.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What is the importance of the Buffalo?
Back
They depended on the Buffalo, they used horses to hunt and used every part of the Buffalo for food, clothes, religion etc.
Card 3
Front
What is the importance of the Horse?
Back
Card 4
Front
What was the importance of the oregan trail?
Back
Card 5
Front
What was the importance of the Indian Appropriations Act (1851) for the way of life of the Plains Indians?
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