Lewis and Clark
Name the Native American woman who served as a guide and ambassador to Lewis & Clark
Sacajawea
Which of the following is true about the fur trade? 1840/100 or 1740/10
1840/100
How did fur traders get along with indigenous tribes? Adjective/verb
Good, NA worked for traders
How was Washington's southern boundary determined?
By the Columbia River
What was the primary form of transportation used on the Oregon Trail?
Covered Wagon
Name the large territory that President Jefferson bought and asked Lewis & Clark to explore
Louisiana Territory
In what region of the country did the Oregon Trail start and end?
Missouri to Washington
Name the most deadly disease brought by Europeans to North America
Smallpox
How was Washington's northern boundary determined?
49th parallel agreed to with Britain
Name the first governor of Washington Territory
Isaac Stevens
What state and body of water marked the end of Lewis and Clark's one-way journey?
Washington, PA ocean
What was the Homestead Act?
White settlers given money
Who was sent, and what was the purpose of the boarding schools?
Native Americans, sent to conform to white society
What was the last name of the explorer George for who regional cities and an island are named?
George Vancouver
Name three of the most common jobs that the earliest settlers in our state had.
Lumber, whaling, fishing, farming, shops, government, fur trade
RELATIONSHIPS: What does "paternalistic" mean and how is it used to describe the early U.S.?
A superior, controlling attitude (taken with NA's for example)
Who could apply for land with the HA of 1862?
Women immigrants and African Americans and White men
Tell three differences between Native Americans and white settlers in using land
Sharing vs owning, destruction vs preservation, excess vs minimal
WA TERRITORY What sparked the Yakama War?
Settlers' desire for gold on Yakama reservation.
What were the Stevens Treaties?
"Agreements" that moved indigenous groups to reservations.
RELATIONSHIPS: What was the Dawes Act?
Breaking up the reservations to allot to NA's and white settlers.
What were "witness trees"?
Trees that marked the end of someones property
Who was killed in the Whitman Massacre, and by whom?
The Whitman family killed by Natives
Who and/or what named the Columbia River?
Robert Gray
Did territories (like the Washington Territory) have representatives in Congress? If so, what could they do? If not, what did they have?
No vote, but could propose laws