First Peoples A Documentary Survey of American Indian History.

Key Terms. Define the following key terms from the reading.

“Manifest Destiny” –

Native American genocide –

Act for the Government and Protection of Indians –

Great Sioux Uprising –

Sand Creek massacre –

Navajo “Long Walk” –

Red Cloud’s War –

Indian Peace Commission –

Buffalo War –

Treat of Fort Laramie –

Transcontinental railroad –

Extermination of buffalo –

Geronimo –

Ghost Dance –

Wounded Knee –

Review Questions.

1. Where and in what ways did American expansion affect western Indian peoples before the mid-nineteenth century?

2. What factors determined the defeat of the Plains Indians in their wars against the United States?

3. Why did the United States relocate and confine Indian people to reservations?

4. How did different tribes, and different individuals at different times, respond to American expansion and colonialism?

Reading Response. Please provide a response to this reading. Include anything that stuck out to you and important points worth highlighting.