Lesson Y8-U07-L04

Conflict on the Plains Broken Promises Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 13

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U07-L04, Conflict on the Plains Broken Promises: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 13: Year 8: The Wild West, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What land was promised to the Sioux by the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty?

    • The Mississippi Valley
    • The Great Basin
    • The Black Hills
    • The Rocky Mountains

  2. What precious metal was confirmed in the Black Hills by Custer's 1874 expedition?

    • Copper
    • Silver
    • Iron ore
    • Gold

  3. On what date was the Battle of the Little Bighorn fought?

    • 1 January 1868
    • 25 June 1876
    • 29 December 1890
    • 4 July 1876

  4. Which US Army officer was killed with his men at the Little Bighorn?

    • Colonel Richard Pratt
    • Lt-Col George Custer
    • General William Sherman
    • Major Marcus Reno

  5. What was a reservation for the Plains Indians?

    • Independent territories
    • Protected national parks
    • Poor government land
    • Rich farming estates

  6. Which holy man had a vision of soldiers falling into camp before Little Bighorn?

    • Red Cloud
    • Sitting Bull
    • Crazy Horse
    • Wovoka

  7. When did Sitting Bull finally surrender to the US authorities?

    • 1877
    • 1890
    • 1868
    • 1881

  8. By the 1880s, how far had the buffalo population fallen?

    • To zero entirely
    • To two million
    • To half a million
    • To a few hundred

  9. Which part of the buffalo was used to make needles and tools?

    • Its sinew
    • Its horns
    • Its dried dung
    • Its bones

  10. What did the Ghost Dance promise the Plains Indians?

    • Wealth from gold
    • Total military victory
    • Unlimited cattle herds
    • No white settlers

  11. Who began the Ghost Dance religion?

    • Custer
    • Sitting Bull
    • Wovoka
    • Black Elk

  12. What happened to Sitting Bull on 15 December 1890?

    • Signed a peace treaty
    • Elected tribal chief
    • Shot while arrested
    • Exiled to Canada

  13. When did the massacre at Wounded Knee take place?

    • 29/12/1890
    • 04/07/1880
    • 15/12/1890
    • 25/06/1876

  14. Why did soldiers surround a Lakota band at Wounded Knee Creek?

    • To disarm them
    • To provide shelter
    • To sign a treaty
    • To distribute rations

  15. Roughly how many Lakota were killed at Wounded Knee?

    • About 250
    • About 2,000
    • About 600
    • About 25

  16. In which year was Black Elk's account of the Little Bighorn (Source B) recalled?

    • 1932
    • 1851
    • 1890
    • 1876

  17. Why did newspapers in July 1876 call Plains Indians 'savage hordes'?

    • To promote peace
    • To sell copies
    • To praise bravery
    • To record history

  18. Why is Black Elk's account useful for understanding the Plains Indians?

    • He was a settler
    • He was present
    • He was a soldier
    • He was a politician

  19. After gold was found in the Black Hills in 1874, by which deadline did the US government order the Sioux onto reservations?

    • 31 January 1876
    • 4 July 1876
    • 1 January 1868
    • 25 June 1876

  20. How did the American public react to the victory at the Little Bighorn?

    • Sought immediate peace
    • Granted land rights
    • Demanded revenge
    • Ignored the news

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