Objective 4.02

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Objective 4.02

• Evaluate the impact that settlement in the West
  had upon different groups of people and the
  environment.

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Native American Timeline
Include the following on a timeline of events in
the lives of the Native Americans in the
West Sand Creek Massacre Nez Perce War Battle
of Little Big Horn Dawes Severalty Act Battle of
Wounded Knee Helen Hunt Jackson A Century of
Dishonor What impact did each of these have on
the lives of Native Americans in the West?
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Cowboys
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Buffalo Soldiers
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Native Americans
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Transcontinental Railroad

• Railroad linking the East Coast to the West
  Coast

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Promontory Point Utah

• Meeting Point of the Union Pacific and Central
  Pacific Railroads. Completed the Transcontinental
  Railroad

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Exodusters

• African American settlers that moved West in
  search of a new life away from racism and slavery.

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Buffalo Soldiers

• Black soldiers in the west, reorganized in 1866-
  9th and 10 U.S. Calvary

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Battle of Little Big Horn

• Site of battle between General George Armstrong
  Custer and Indians led by Sitting Bull

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Sand Creek Massacre

• 150 Cheyenne killed by Col. John Chivington and
  his troops

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Sitting Bull

• Sioux leader, defeated George Armstrong Custer at
  the Battle of Little Bighorn
• He was arrested for participating in a Ghost
  Dance leading to the Massacre at Wounded Knee
  Creek

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Wounded Knee

• The Sioux Nation was attacked for participating
  in a Ghost Dance ritual resulting in the death of
  150 to 350 members of the tribe.

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Chief Joseph

• Leader of the Nez Perce Indians tribe famous
  quote I will fight no more forever

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Dawes Severalty Act

• Passed in 1887 in an attempt to Americanize
  the Native Americans, broke up the reservations
  and gave land to individuals

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Helen Hunt Jackson

• Well known writer, wrote A Century of Dishonor
  described the broken promises between the
  government and the Indians

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QuizChoose 5

• Promontory Point, Utah
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Irish immigrants
• Chinese immigrants
• Cattle drives
• Buffalo
• Reservation system
• Buffalo soldiers

• Sand Creek Massacre
• Battle of Little Big Horn
• Sitting Bull
• Dawes Severalty Act
• Chief Joseph/Nez Percé
• Helen Hunt Jacksons A Century of Dishonor
• Wounded Knee
• Frederick Jackson Turner