Native American War History Quiz
In what year was a policy made by the U.S. government to remove the indigenous population to reservations across the Mississippi River?
- This took place during the Removal Era of the early 1800s.
How much money was spent during the Seminole War by the U.S. government?
- A fantastically expensive conflict for the time, the Seminole War also left over 1,500 soldiers dead.
The U.S. government signed a peace treaty with the Seminole tribe to move westward from Florida to what state?
- After signing a treaty in 1832, several portions of the Seminole moved to Oklahoma.
What is considered the last battle of the Indian Wars?
- The Wounded Knee Massacre is generally seen as the last stand by Native Americans against the U.S. government, taking place on December 29, 1890.
What was the most notable conflict in the southwestern United States, led by Popé against the Spaniards in 1680?
- The revolt was fought in 1680 between indigenous Pueblo peoples and the local colonizers from Spain.
In what year was the Dawes Act passed by the U.S. Congress?
- President Grover Cleveland passed this act in order to better control reservation land.
Numerous quarrels between settlers in the Connecticut valley and the Pequot tribe led to what war in 1637?
- The competition between English settlers and the local tribes led to the Pequot War in 1636-1637.
Which tribes were massacred during a surprise attack at dawn in Sand Creek, Colorado, led by Col. John M. Chivington?
- Known as the Sand Creek Massacre, the U.S. Army launched their attack on women, children, and men alike on November 29, 1864.
In which region of the U.S. did the King Philip's War occur in 1675–1676?
- The states of New England were entangled by conflicts between colonists and the Indigenous peoples there.
What U.S. general defeated the Shawnee tribe at Tippecanoe in order to settle the region that became Indiana?
- Major General Harrison battled Tecumseh's brother on the Shawnee side, Laulewasikau.
