Political
This law forced Native American tribes to move west in the 1830s.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This desire for land and natural resources drove westward expansion into Native territories.
What is economic opportunity (or land/resources)?
Christian missionaries often viewed Native American spiritual beliefs as this.
What is inferior to Western ideals
European diseases caused this devastating effect on Native populations.
What is mass death/population decline?
This belief claimed Americans were destined to expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This U.S. president is most associated with Native American removal policies.
Who is Andrew Jackson
The discovery of this precious metal led to violent displacement of Native Americans.
What is gold?
This was a main goal of mission schools for Native Americans.
What is religious conversion?
These schools removed Native children from families to assimilate them.
What are boarding schools?
This racial belief placed white Americans above Native peoples.
What is white supremacy?
These agreements were often signed with Native tribes but frequently broken by the U.S. government.
What are treaties?
These three industries most contributed to Native land loss in the 1800s.
What are farming, mining, and railroads?
This Native American religious movement promised spiritual renewal and resistance.
What is the Ghost Dance?
Native Americans were often portrayed as this to justify violence against them.
What are “savages” ?
This idea claimed Native Americans needed to abandon their culture to fit into American society.
What is assimilation ideology?
This Supreme Court case ruled that states could not interfere with Native American tribal lands.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This act divided tribal land into individual plots, weakening Native economies.
What is the Dawes Act?
Forcing Native Americans to abandon their religion is an example of this stage of genocide.
What is Classification
Forced relocation destroyed this key part of Native life.
What is community and social structure?
Education policies tried to “civilize” Native Americans by enforcing this.
What is Euro-American culture and values?
This government policy confined Native Americans to designated lands under federal control.
What is the Indian reservation system?
Native Americans were often pushed into poverty due to the loss of this economic foundation.
What is land ownership/self-sufficiency?
Religion often became a tool for Native Americans to preserve this.
What is cultural identity?
After mass death and cultural destruction, U.S. history often minimized or justified these actions, showing this stage.
What is Denial?
This ideology justified this stage of genocide against Native Americans.
What is Dehumanization