What were the major ways that life for Native Americans on the Plains was changing during this period?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Students should start from the impact of the Little Ice Age, which curtailed agricultural production and increased the size of the buffalo herds. The result was that many Plains Indians abandoned agricultural villages and became mobile hunters. The buffalo became the center of Indian life by providing an abundance of food, clothing and tools to support tribal society. Better students will also note that Indian conflicts in the East were pushing tribes away from the Iroquois and Huron Indians, causing additional pressure on Plains Indian tribes over Buffalo hunting grounds. The lives of Plains Indians were dramatically changed when thousands of horses were released from Spanish New Mexico during the Pueblo Revolt. The Native Americans adapted to a horse culture, which greatly increased their ability to hunt and kill enormous quantities of Buffalo. It also led to increased raiding and trading for horses and horse related technologies, such as saddles, bridles, and ropes with the Spanish and other Indian tribes.
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The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 __________.
A. was a unique event in displacing Indians from their lands B. reversed federal Indian policy that had been in place since the 1830s C. brought civilization to what had been an undeveloped wasteland D. occurred without the authorization of Congress
The northern half of Indian Territory was abolished in 1854 and replaced with the __________
A) Oklahoma and Utah Territories B) New Mexico and California Territories C) Oregon and Nebraska Territories D) Kansas and Nebraska Territories
In the colony of ________, the Glorious Revolution became bloodless but quite disruptive
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).