Treaties
Culture Wars
WA Statehood
Native Wars
Vocabulary
100

The number of treaties negotiated from Dec. 1854 to Jan. 1856

What is 10

100

the belief that it was the divine mission of Americans to spread their political and religious values to others and to expand the US from ocean to ocean

What is manifest destiny

100

The number of people required to live in a territory in order to apply for statehood

What is 60,000

100

the chief of the Yakama tribe

Who is Chief Kamiakin

100

The place native children were sent to assimilate into American culture

What are boarding schools

200

The location natives were forced to move to

What is a reservation

200

The approach Natives had for getting food vs. the settlers approach for getting food

What is hunting & gathering vs. farming

200

Must be ensured by the state constitution for all people living in the state

What are basic rights of citizens outlined in the Constitution & Bill of Rights

200

the cause of both the Yakama War and the Nez Perce War

what is gold

200

The people sent to the constitutional convention to represent others

What are delegates

300

The governor who negotiated the treaties with WA Native Americans

Who is Governor Isaac Stevens

300

The natives approach to decision making vs. the settlers approach to decision making

What is a tribal council vs. elected representatives making laws

300
The first governor of WA State

Who is Elisha P. Ferry

300

The chief of the Nez Perce

Who is Chief Joseph

300

independent nations

What are sovereigns

400

The forcing of the native tribes to sign the treaties

What is coercion 

400

The Natives idea of land use vs. the settlers view of land use

What is sharing the land vs land ownership

400

The day WA became a state

What is November 11, 1889

400

The place where Chief Joseph surrendered

What is the Battle of Bear Paw in MT

400

The right to vote

What is suffrage

500

The 4 buildings the US government promised to build for the natives

What are hospitals, schools, homes and shops

500

The view of native culture being uncivilized by settlers

What is superiority

500

The three "hot topics" of the Walla Walla Convention

What are 1) Women's Suffrage, 2) the segregation of black children in schools, and 3) abolishing the Indian reservation system

500

The other name for the Nez Perce War

What is the Flight of 1877

500

A person or group connected to a particular religion or set of beliefs (what must NOT be in a public school)

What is sectarian

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