Vocab
Maps
Acquisitions
Trail of Tears
Impact on Natives
100
This term refers to when two or more countries come together to negotiate
Diplomacy
100
D
Florida Territory (1822)
Bonus: Who was President?
100
This land was acquired by Jefferson to create more farms, economic growth, and the potential for a self-sustaining country (plus, getting the French off our western border wasn't a bad idea)
Louisiana Territory (1803)
100
This Act would forcibly remove all Native tribes from the Eastern United States into 'Indian Territory' on modern day Oklahoma
Indian Removal Act (1830)
100
This vocab term describes the integration of people into the 'dominant culture'
Assimilation
(Think about the difference between consensual assimilation vs. forced assimilation)
200
This term simply means to add
Annex
200
E
Texas Territory (1845)
Bonus: Who was President?
200
This is the name of the Native America tribe that disrupted the slave traded, aided freed slaves, and would later resist forced removal
Seminole
200
This was the Supreme Court's decision regarding the constitutionality of the Indian Removal Act
It was unconstitutional (namely because it violated existing treaties, the sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation, plus Georgia had no right to execute this as it was a federal matter)
200
This Act divided Native Americans and was a first step in restricting their way of life (namely their ability to be mobile and move about freely for hunting and gathering). It did so by creating the Indian Reservation System.
Indian Appropriations Act
300
This term refers to the land that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled regions
Frontier
300
H
Oregon Territory (1846)
Bonus: Who was President?
300
This was the treaty that was signed at the end of the Mexican-American War that gave the majority of the modern American Southwest including California, Nevada, Utah, and most of Arizona and New Mexico
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
300
Daily Double!!
How many of your points would you like to wager?
What argument(s) was provided to justify the Indian Removal Act?
Provide no less than 2 key points.
300
This Act further divided Native Americans and their land by creating individual plots of land (acreage decided on filing status) on their reservations. Any leftovers were sold to white settlers.
Dawes Act
400
This term refers to something being bought or obtained
Acquisition
400
F
Mexican Cession (1848)
Bonus: Who was President?
400
This was the reason behind wanting to acquire the land of the Gadsden Purchase
To develop a railroad system that connected the Southern States from West Coast to East Coast
400
The name 'Trail of Tears' is very apt given the suffering that took place. What was one of the reasons this march was so horrific?
Possible Answers:
1. Freezing Temperatures (and subsequent conditions)
2. Poor Treatment; Brutality of the Soldiers
3. High number of deaths (thousands, estimated near 10,000-16,000)
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
How many of your points would you like to wager?
In relation to the creation of Indian Boarding Schools, please describe how some American's viewed their own actions and policies (i.e. Carlisle School). Also, what was a major issue or flaw with that perspective?
500
An existing belief of the 19th century that describes a motivation and "a right" for the United States to expand westward "from sea to shining sea".
Manifest Destiny
500
G
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
Bonus: Who was President?
500
Oregon is the only state to be welcomed into the Union with this in its State Constitution
Black Exclusion Laws
500
What were the distinguishing factors between the Senators and Representatives that voted for the Indian Removal Act and those that voted against it?
North (against), and South (for)
500
This is the oldest currently running Indian Boarding School in the United States
Chemawa Indian School (located in Salem, OR)