Indian Removal Act
Define the Indian removal act
Authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands.
Define Homestead Act
Any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to “improve” the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land
Define a boarding school
A boarding school is an institution where children live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals
Define the Dawes Act
An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservations," known as the Dawes Act, emphasized severalty, the treatment of Native Americans as individuals rather than as members of tribes
When was the Indian Removal act put into action?
1830's
Who took advantage of the "Homestead Act"?
Women and minorities
When were boarding schools introduced into the United States?
1870's
Did the "Dawes Act" Positively or Negatively affect the Native Americans?
Negatively
What President put the Indian Removal act in?
Andrew Jackson
What US president signed in the homestead act?
Abraham Lincoln
Why were young Native Americans sent to boarding schools?
To assimilate Native culture and language
What US president signed this act?
Grover Clevland
Who benefited from this act?
Mostly White Americans
About how many Black homesteaders were there?
3,500
Who started the Native boarding schools?
Richard H. Pratt
What major battle occurred because of this act?
Battle of LittleBighorn
What was the US government after with this act?
Discovery of gold on Cherokee land
How many acres were split up with this act?
160 million acres
How would native parents get around not giving their children to these schools?
They would play "hide and seek" so the government would not find their child to take them away
What was the wounded knee massacre?
The mass killing of 300 natives by the US governemnt