3.3 Conflict and Tension

• The American West saw conflicts between Native American tribes and European settlers
• The clashing cultures between Native Americans and settlers resulted from their vastly different worldviews and traditions
• The economic activities of settlers in the American West led to clashes between cultures
• How did the Native Americans view land ownership?

  Communal and sacred
• What year did the Battle of Little Bighorn occur?

  1876
• Order the events of Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee:

  1️⃣ Little Bighorn: Custer attacks Native American camp

  2️⃣ Little Bighorn: Native Americans led by Sitting Bull defeat Custer

  3️⃣ Wounded Knee: U.S. Army massacres unarmed Sioux
• The American West during 1835–1895 was primarily located west of the Mississippi River.


  True
• The economic activities of the settlers conflicted with the traditional livelihoods of the Native American tribes
• The conflicts between Native Americans and settlers resulted in the loss of their lands and the destruction of their cultures
• Chronological order of major battles in the American West

  1️⃣ Battle of Little Bighorn (1876)

  2️⃣ Massacre at Wounded Knee (1890)
• The Massacre at Wounded Knee marked the end of major conflicts in the American West.

  True
• The Sioux Wars were part of the broader social and political tensions in the American West.

  True
• The landscape of the American West was transformed for agricultural and economic development.

  True
• What were the key geographical features of the American West during c1835–1895?

  Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, deserts
• What was the Native American perspective on the Indian Wars in the American West?

  Defending ancestral homelands
• Native Americans viewed land as communal and sacred, while settlers sought to privatize it for economic development.


  True
• The Native Americans and settlers had vastly different worldviews, traditions, and ways of life
• The settlers' economic activities, such as ranching and farming, conflicted with Native American traditional livelihoods
• The Wounded Knee massacre in 1890 marked the tragic end to major conflicts between Native Americans and the U.S. government
• Match the groups with their primary interests in the American West:

  Ranchers ↔️ Open ranges for grazing

  Farmers ↔️ Fenced-off fields for crops
• What were the key geographical features of the American West?

  Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, deserts
• What did the Native Americans view the land as?

  Communal and sacred
• What did the settlers seek to impose on Native Americans?

  Cultural norms and systems
• Who led the Native American forces at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

  Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
• Match the groups with their conflicting interests:

  Ranchers ↔️ Needed open spaces for grazing

  Farmers ↔️ Sought to cultivate land for crops
• Significant tension also existed between ranchers and farmers due to competing views on land use
• Arrange the lasting effects of conflicts in the American West

  1️⃣ Violence and displacement of Native Americans

  2️⃣ Transformation of the landscape

  3️⃣ Ongoing tensions between groups
• Economic activities in the American West included ranching, farming, and mining, which altered the landscapes and led to clashes between cultures.


  True
• What valuable resource did the settlers seek in the Black Hills during the Sioux Wars?

  Mineral resources
• How did settlers' economic activities, such as mining, affect Native American livelihoods in the American West?

  Conflicted with resource use
• The settlers sought to impose their cultural norms on the Native Americans.


  True
• The violence between settlers and Native Americans led to the destruction of Native American cultures.


  True
• General Custer's troops were defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn.


  True
• The tension between ranchers and farmers arose from conflicting economic activities and differing views on land use
• The Sioux Wars were primarily about resisting the loss of the Black Hills.


  True
• The economic activities of settlers conflicted with Native American livelihoods.


  True
• The competition for resources and control of the land was a major driver of the conflicts
• What was the primary source of tension between ranchers and farmers?

  Conflicting economic activities
• What were the major consequences for Native American tribes in the American West?

  Loss of land and culture