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Date: _____________________
Directions: Complete the guided notes as you watch the video.
A. Let’s Review
1. As people moved west, ____________ ____________ developed
and new inventions helped farmers.
2. Despite the new inventions, farmers were upset that their prices
were falling and formed ____________ ____________.
3. Various farmers’ ____________ developed at this time to help out
farmers.
B. History of Conflicts
1. From the very beginning of the colonial era, there had been many
conflicts between European settlers and ____________
____________.
2. Eventually, ____________ of the United States also had fights
with Native Americans.
3. ____________ ____________ is a term used to describe all the
conflicts occurring from the first European settlers to around the
1890s.
C. Conflicts with Native Americans
1. It was inevitable that conflicts would arise between Americans and
Native Americans (also called ____________ ____________) as
more and more people moved west.
a) Native Americans became upset about the large herds of
____________ being killed by white settlers.
b) They were also upset that the United State government was trying
to establish the ____________ ____________. A ____________
is land owned by Native Americans and recognized by the US
government.
c) However, some ____________ ____________ did not want to
move and fought to stay on their land.
D. Battle of Little Big Horn
1. One of the most famous stand-offs between the American Indians
and the United States’ government was the Battle of
____________ ____________ ____________.
2. This battle was fought between the ____________ (tribe or
nation), led by ____________ ____________ ____________,
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and the 7th US Cavalry who were led by George Armstrong
Custer.
3. Sitting Bull, along with another Sioux Chief named ____________
____________, gathered more than 2,000 warriors to defend their
land at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
E. Custer’s Last Stand
1. ____________ was officer in the American Army who was well
respected for his service in the Civil War.
2. Custer’s reputation was lost during his last fight at the Battle of
Bighorn when he and all his men were ____________.
3. The Battle of Little Big Horn is often called “____________
____________ ____________.”
4. Sitting Bull, who led the Native Americans in the battle, was later
killed by an ____________ ____________ ____________ when
he resisted arrest.
F. The Sioux and Their Ghost Dance
1. All of the fighting led to the army keeping ____________ over the
Native Americans expecting war to break out at any time.
a) The Sioux Indians practiced a ritual known as the ____________
____________. This was a dance that the ____________
____________ developed to bring peace among those living in
the Great Plains.
b) The United States government thought it was a secret
____________ ____________. As the government was watching
the Sioux and their actions, there was a struggle over a gun on
December 29, 1890.
c) This struggle led to a ____________ being fired which caused the
7th Cavalry to start shooting. This incident which occurred at
Wounded Knee resulted in ____________ women, men children
and soldiers being killed.
G. Chief Joseph
1. Another important Native American leader was ____________
____________.
a) Chief Joseph was the leader of the Nez Perce tribe.
b) After Custer’s ____________, the government ordered all tribes to
go to ____________.
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c) ____________ ____________ attempted to lead his people on a
freedom march to Canada but they did not have blankets and very
little food. The Chief surrendered 30 miles from Canada and they
were forced onto a reservation.
H. Buffalo Soldiers
1. ____________ ____________ also played in a role in the battles
against the Native Americans.
a) Some of the members of the United States Army that fought on the
Great Plains were members of a ____________ ____________
____________.
2. This was important because once enslaved Black Americans were
now fighting in the ____________ ____________.
a) The men in this army were nicknamed ____________
____________ by the Native Americans.
I. Dawes Severalty Act
1. The ____________ ____________ was a reason for many of the
conflicts involving Native Americans who did not want to move
from their land.
a) The ____________ ____________ ____________ (which
was adopted by Congress in 1887) broke up the reservation
system and gave land ownership to individual Native
Americans.
b) Supporters of the Dawes Severalty Act thought it would help
with assimilation or making a minority group (like the Native
Americans) adopt ____________ ways and give up their own
culture.
c) Most of the ____________ distributed under this act ended up
in the hands of white settlers.
J. Let’s Review
1. There has been a long history of ____________ between white
settlers and Native Americans in the United States.
2. ____________, ____________, and ____________ motivated
people to move west in the 1800s.
3. Custer’s Last Stand and the Battle of ____________
____________ were two major conflicts involving Native
Americans in the late 1800s.
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4. The Dawes Severalty Act was supposed to give land to
____________ ____________ but much of the land ended up
being owned by white settlers.
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