Ch. 4.2B Lesson Review

Ch. 4.2B Lesson Review

Post Native & American Wars

Reason for Indian Homestead Act

With more gold miners moving close to and into reservations...

it was a way to protect Native rights

Indian Homestead Act

--> Individual Natives allowed to own land

HOWEVER

--> Natives not value land the same as Americans

Consequences of Indian Homestead Act

• Natives could be coerced to sell land to American settlers/businessmen

• Settlers could use fraud to get land

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about events that had to do with the Indian Homestead Act?

• Few miners were moving into the PNW

• Natives allowed to own land on their own

• Natives would not allow settlers to convince them to sell their land

Dawes Act -- Positive & Negative Causes

• Assimilation

• Reverse reservation damage

• Don't have to pay to oversee welfare

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements show some causes of the Dawes Act?

• Congress wanted Natives to stay separate from settlers

• Congress wanted to reverse damage done by the reservations

• Congress wanted to save money by not overseeing Native welfare

Dawes Act (1887)

• Break reservation land into individual pieces of land

• 4 years to choose your own land

• Extra land could be sold to settlers

Multiple Choice

True or False --

"Based on the Dawes Act, Native Americans would see their reservation lands split into individual pieces of land for tribal members to own."

• True

• False

Dawes Act -- Effects

Bad Farmland

Hurt Native Culture

Broke up Communities

Poll

Which of the following consequences was the worse part of the Dawes Act?

• Lousy farmland

• Hurt Native culture

• Broke up Native communities

Boarding Schools

Assimilation of Native Children through....

• not allowed to speak, or act in traditional way......

• changed appearance

• lost language

Poll

Discussion Question -->

With knowing the consequences of the Dawes Act, was the original intent for good or bad?

• Good

• Bad

• Unsure