Indigenous Americans
The name of the treaty from 1855 between Indigenous Americans and the US government
What is The Walla Walla Treaty
In the 1840's, how did people transport themselves across Washington?
What is walking, horses, and wagons
What year did many European immigrants start to come to Washington State?
When is around 1840's
Around what year did Black Americans start coming to Washington state?
around 1900's
The amount of land that Indigenous Americans lost after the Walla Walla Treaty
What is 6.4 million acres
In the 1900's, how did people transport themselves across Washington?
What is trains, boats, bikes, along with Walking, horses, and wagons
What did Europeans use to trade and make clothing out of in the 1840s?
What is fur from animals they would hunt
What was the name of the first Black families that moved to and settled in Washington?
The family of George Washington Bush
The advantageous that Europeans brought to Washington when they moved here
What is new technology and ideas
What is new ways to farm the land grow food
Why was it beneficial to have new technology and ideas in Washington state?
Because people could farm more efficiently and travel faster across the state with the new technology.
How many people lived in Washington state in the 1840s? (approximately)
what is 11,495
What is redlining?
A policy that split areas by colors. Red places meant that the homes were less valuable and Black people lived in those places. Blue and Green places meant that those were "good" neighborhoods and Black people could not live there.
What is they believed land and resources, like Salmon, were sacred.
They believed that humans did not own land, that humans just lived on the land and were meant to take care of it.
What was the main crop in Washington in the 1840's?
What is wheat
How many people lived in Washington state in the 1900s? (approximately)
What is 270,477
What usually happened to Indigenous Americans when they lost their land to the US?
What is forcibly moved onto reservations
What was the main crops in Washington in the 1900's? Name at least 3.
Wheat, strawberries, apples, grapes, potatoes, dairy
What groups of Immigrants moved to Washington from Europe?
Europeans, Germans, Italians