Uran Indian Removal

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What ideology inspired white settlers to move westward across the North American continent?

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Manifest Destiny

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What was initially a major factor that led to violent conflicts between white settlers and Native American Indians in the western territories after this was discovered in 1849?

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The Gold Rush

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The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group

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assimilation

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All of the following were effects of the government's policies on Native Americans EXCEPT: Native Americans were moved to reservations. Native Americans died from new diseases. Native Americans were stripped of their culture due to assimilation.

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Native Americans were paid well for their land.

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What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation? Options: Homestead Act, Morril Act, Dawes Act, Reconstruction Act

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Dawes Act

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This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere.

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Dawes Act

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federal lands set aside for Native Americans

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Reservations

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a term to describe one of more than 80,000 people who joined the California Gold Rush in 1849

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Forty-niner

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How did the Nez Perce lose their land?

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Some Nez Perce signed treaties to give up land and move to reservations.

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What was the main reason for the conflict between the Nez Perce Tribe and the United States government?

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Forced removal from ancestral lands