BellringerThe purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862, which provided free federal land, was toa) encourage settlement of the Westb) set up reservations for Native American

Indiansc) establish land-grant agricultural collegesd) assist in the construction of

transcontinental railroads

UNIT 3 EXAM- NEXT WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22ND

AFTER YOU ANSWER THE BELLRINGER FINISH 3D- WEST USING HANDOUTS IN FOLDER ON TURN IN TABLE

• Step 1: Open to your Unit

2 Binder Check List (Yellow)

• Step 2: Use your test results to complete the MIDDLE column on the Learning Target Chart using the chart to follow

• Step 3: Make a goal and say how you will meet that goal for Unit 3 exam

Unit 2 Test Analysis

• Test Corrections! – You can do them at home now!!

• Use your Learning Target chart Exam column• Any Learning Target your received a “1” or “2”

you will need to write 1 paragraph showing that you can master that learning targets content. • Example: If the target says…”I can compare and contrast the

two Reconstruction Plans.” You need to write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the 2 Reconstruction Plans.

• Incorrect responses receive no points • Responses need to be detailed to receive points. • Can use internet, textbook, notes, etc.

• Turn in before next Unit exam to the drawer and receive credit back on test

Test Corrections

Learning Targets

U3T9 - I can describe the US government’s policy toward Native Americans (in late 19th century)

U3T10 - I can describe the events that impacted Native Americans, and their reactions.

The “Indian Wars”

After the Civil War, the U.S. engaged in many armed conflict with Native Americans west of the Mississippi.

Causes of conflict Removal policy Reservation policy Land

President Rutherford B Hayes admitted in 1887, “Many, if not most of our Indian Wars have had their origin in broken promises and acts of injustices on our part.”

Battle of Little Bighorn

Usually, Native Americans were defeated by the superior numbers and weapons technology of the United States Army.

However, a famous Native American victory occurred at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana.

General Custer attacked 2,000 Indians w/ only a few hundred soldiers (who all perished)

Read the Textbook passage and answer the

accompanying questions

Read document A and B and answer the accompanying questions.

Timed-Pair-Share Question: Did you find bias in any of your

readings? Response time: 30 seconds (use one sentence

from the readings to prove your answer)

Reading Activity

So what really happened?

Textbook Doc A Doc B

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The Last Battle: Massacre at Wounded

Knee

• 300 men, women, and children Lakota were brutally murdered by the American government.

• It was the last violent encounter between the American gov’t and Native Americans

Native Americans resisted

reservation lifestyle since the Indian Removal Act

The Ghost Dance – ritual to call in ancestors and get rid of the white man

Seen as resistance by Am. Gov’t

What Caused Wounded Knee Massacre?

Gov’t Policy #1 Carlisle School

BEFORE AFTER

What stands out to you most in this image?

Gov’t Policy #1Carlisle School

Apache Native Americans Before

Apache Native Americans After

Native American boarding school located

in Pennsylvania where Native Americans were forced to participate in American culture

Goal: “kill the Indian, save the man”

Assimilation: the absorption of a people into the dominant culture

Gov’t Policy #1Carlisle School

Distributed land to individual Indians on

reservations rather than to tribes

Discouraged tribal culture - encouraged assimilation They could farm or sell the land This change eroded a cornerstone of American Indian

culture- the belief that land could not be bought or sold

New Gov’t policy #2- The Dawes Act

Pg. 66 of Atlas

Shade in lands held by Indians. Color in corresponding box on the map key.

Pg. 64 of Atlas Draw train routes on your map handout (use symbol from

map key) Add cattle trails (use symbol from map key)

Pg. 68 of Atlas Add 4 gold mines to your map handout (use symbol from

map key)

Nystrom Map Activity

Complete all questions on your

exit slip paper – make sure they’re detailed enough to receive full credit!

Exit Slip