Vocabulary
To approve formally.
(this word starts with the letter R)
What is RATIFY?
The official meeting to make the Treaty of Traverse de Sioux lasted for: A - six hours, B - six days, C - six months, D - six years.
(one correct answer)
What is B - 6 days?
Zebulon ______ was the first government official to offer land treaties in Minnesota between the U.S. government and the Dakota.
Who was PIKE?
During the 1800s, the movement of settlers and immigrants from the eastern United States to Minnesota and beyond.
(TWO WORD ANSWER)
What is WESTWARD EXPANSION?
This group believed that the land should be controlled by the group of people who lived on it, not by one person who owned it.
Who are DAKOTA?
A written agreement between two or more nations.
What is a TREATY?
Which of the following are true of George Bonga? A - His father was an African American Fur trader, B - His mother was Ojibwe, C - He was a slave, D - He could speak three languages
(three correct answers)
What are A, B, and D?
People who spoke multiple languages and helped the Dakota and U.S. government officials negotiate treaties.
Who were INTERPRETERS/TRANSLATORS?
The Dakota had to use a lot of their treaty money to pay back these people.
Who are FUR TRADERS?
This group wanted to use Minnesota's rivers to produce crops to sell.
Who are NEWCOMERS/SETTLERS?
Before an area becomes a state, it becomes this.
What is a TERRITORY?
One of the pieces of land Zebulon Pike purchased from the Dakota in 1805 became the site of: A - Duluth, B - Rochester, C - Fort Snelling, D - Traverse de Sioux
(one correct answer)
What is C, FORT SNELLING?
The Dakota were promised two pieces of land to live on forever, called ___________________.
What are RESERVATIONS?
Fort Snelling was built after this treaty was completed: A - Traverse des Sioux B - Mendota C - Pike's Treaty.
What is C - PIKE'S TREATY?
This group wanted the Dakota to sign the treaties so they could convert the Dakota to Christianity and teach them to be more European.
(this word starts with the letter M)
Who were MISSIONARIES?
Something that is OWED, such as money, goods or services.
What is DEBT?
Almost immediately after the Treaty of Traverse de Sioux was signed, white settlers began: A - rushing in to Minnesota to claim land, B - fighting with the Dakota, C - talking with the U.S. government about getting land in North Dakota, D - helping the Dakota move their possessions to reservations
(one correct answer)
What is A, rushing in to Minnesota to claim land?
The Dakota were promised annuities for 50 years. This included _______________ and __________.
(two answers)
What is FOOD/GOODS and MONEY?
What were TWO reasons some Dakota DID want to sign the treaties?
What are 1. the US was so powerful they might take it anyway, 2. they were starving and needed food, 3. they were in debt to the fur traders, 4. they wanted to live on the reservation so they could continue their traditional lifestyle?
This group wanted the Dakota to sign the treaties because they wanted to open up Minnesota to settlers so it could become a state.
Who are GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS?
An annual payment for food and money that the US government paid to American Indians in return for their land.
What is ANNUITY?
At the treaty of Traverse des Sioux, the Dakota signed two copies of the treaty AND: A - the Treaty of Mendota, B - an agreement to give traders money, C - a third copy of the treaty, D - none of these
(one correct answer)
What is B, an agreement to give traders money?
These are TWO reasons why some Dakota did NOT want to sign the treaties.
What are: 1. they wanted to wait for their relatives to arrive to make a decision, 2. they didn't trust the government to keep their promises, 3. they didn't want to give up their traditional lifestyle, 4. they did not believe land could be bought and sold?
The Dakota were often forced to adopt the values and lifestyle of the European Newcomers. The term for this is ______________.
(this word starts with the letter A)
What is ASSIMILATION?
This group wanted the Dakota to sign the treaties so they could use the money to pay back their debts.
Who were FUR TRADERS?