The West, I

Western Iconography

Here are some questions from pages 575-584, on the American West:

1. About how many Native Americans lived in the Great West (which your book describes as the area between the Pacific settlements and, in the east, a jagged North-South axis stretching from Texas to Canada) in 1860?
2. What affect did the horse have on tribes like the Cheyenne and the Sioux?
3. Describe the "fateful cycle" of contact between Indians and whites in the section "The Clash of Cultures on the Plains."
4. Define the reservation system.
5. Describe some of the patterns of the Indian Wars.
6. Define: the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
7. Why were the Apaches so difficult to Subdue?
8. List the factors involved in the "taming" of the Indians.
9. Define: Battle of Wounded Knee
10. Define: the Dawes Severalty Act