The Land Changes Hands

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Fort Snelling was built at the place where another river flows into the Mississippi River. What is this other river?

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Minnesota

Front

Besides keeping peace among the Indians, Fort Snelling was also built to _________________________________.

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protect the fur trade from the British.

Front

Why did the U.S. government want land from the American Indians?

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So there would be more land available for settlers as a result of westward expansion

Front

What year did Minnesota become a territory of the US?

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1849

Front

What year did Minnesota become a state in the US?

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1858

Front

A word that goes with ratify . . .

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approve

Front

Westward Expansion

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American settlers moving west

Front

treaty

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written agreement between groups

Front

The Treaty of Traverse de Sioux was the first treaty signed in Minnesota.

Back

False

Front

One of the pieces of land the Zebulon Pike purchased from the Dakota in 1805 became the site of

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Fort Snelling