Study Guide: Dakota War Test

Name:

You will be responsible for knowing this information for the TEST we will be having on
Monday, March 8th ! Please write your answers thoughtfully and in complete
sentences.

People: identify the following people and the role they played in the war or in events
leading up to the war.

Alexander Ramsey

Henry Sibley

Taopi

Taoyateduta

Andrew Myrick

Stephen Riggs

Abraham Lincoln

Farm Dakota

Traditional Dakota

Settlers

Places: identify the following places and its significance to the war

Lower & Upper Sioux Agency

Mankato

New Ulm

Fort Ridgely

Fort Snelling

Minnesota River

Key Vocabulary: Define each of the following terms and its signifiance to the Dakota
War.
Treaty of Traverse des Sioux

annuity

missionary

reservation

sovereign

Westward Expansion

Short Answer

1. What did the Dakota agree to do when they signed the Treaty of Traverse des
Sioux? (Chapter 6)

2.Why did some of the Dakota want to make treaties with the US government?
(Chapter 6)

2. Why did some Dakota not want to make treaties with the US government?
(Chapter 6)

3. What were some of the results of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux? Try to have
at least three. (Chapter 6)

4. How did the missionaries treat the Dakota?

5. How did the way the traders behave help cause the Dakota War?

6. Why did the Dakota choose to fight after the 5 white settlers were killed?
 7. How did the war affect the white settlers?

Cause and Effect: Complete a cause and effect multi flow map for the Dakota
Conflict of 1862. Try to have at least 8-10 causes and 6-8 effects.

Dakota
Conflict
1862