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Dakota Uprising

Quiz by Scott Burns

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  • Q1
    Which was not a state the Eastern Dakota could be found in?
    Iowa
    Michigan
    Wisconsin
    the Dakotas
    30s
  • Q2
    What river did the Dakota have their Minnesota Reservation along?
    the Mississippi
    the Red River of the North
    the Minnesota
    the St. Croix
    30s
  • Q3
    Which treaty took away mos the Dakota lands?
    Thundering Waters
    St. Peter
    Mankato
    Traverse des Sioux
    30s
  • Q4
    All of the following are the purposes of the two agencies except
    give out the governments gold payment.
    handle relations between the bands and the government.
    supply the Dakota with the promised food.
    helping run the elections for the chiefs of the bands.
    30s
  • Q5
    Which is the word that means adapting to a new culture?
    creation
    joining
    adoption
    assimilation
    30s
  • Q6
    What was the main way government was different among the Dakota people?
    Important decisions were made by the group.
    They allowed women to vote.
    They held elections every three years instead of every four years.
    They had two chiefs instead of a president.
    30s
  • Q7
    This leader of the traders at the Agencies had a big role in causing the start of the war.
    Joe Brown
    Andrew Myrick
    Thomas Galbraith
    Alexander Ramsey
    30s
  • Q8
    Who was the governor of Minnesota during the war?
    Alexander Ramsey
    John Pope
    Henry Sibley
    Thomas Galbraith
    30s
  • Q9
    All of the following are causes of the war except
    cheating done by the traders to the Dakota.
    attacking during the Civil War gave the Dakota a huge chance of succeeding.
    Debt that the Dakota owed from unfair business practices.
    The U.S. government failing to deliver gold and food.
    30s
  • Q10
    The decision to go to war
    was made after braves killed whites near Pequot Lakes, MN.
    was made after braves killed whites near Hudson, WI.
    was made after braves killed whites near Brainerd, MN.
    was made after braves killed whites near Acton, MN.
    30s
  • Q11
    Which Dakota chief knew war with the whites would be a disaster?
    Fools Crow
    John Other Day
    Crazy Horse
    Little Crow
    30s
  • Q12
    What did the outbreak of the war do to the Eastern Dakota bands?
    It made them richer.
    It divided them into peace and war factions.
    It got them all to fight together.
    It increased their life expectancy.
    30s
  • Q13
    Where is the Upper Sioux Agency?
    It is near Marshall.
    It is near Granite Falls.
    It is near Lac Qui Parle.
    It is near Bemidji
    30s
  • Q14
    The Lower Sioux Agency was
    close to Marshall.
    close to Worthington.
    close to St. Peter.
    close to Redwood Falls.
    30s
  • Q15
    What did Big Eagle have in common with his fellow Mdewakanton chief Little Crow?
    He opposed the war, but fought for the people.
    They were brothers.
    Both were too old to fight.
    They were the same age.
    30s

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