The Long Walk- Kit Carson

The Long Walk- Kit Carson

Reservation Policy

During an era when many Native Nations found themselves forcibly removed from their homelands, the Navajo (Diné) also faced increasing pressure to leave their ancestral home.

Multiple Choice

One of the pressures felt by the Navajos was the Reservation Policy.

• True

• False

Manifest Destiny

In the mid-1800s, the United States emerged as a nation driven to expand its territory west of the Mississippi. Spain controlled much of the land that today is known as the southwestern United States and Mexico.

Multiple Choice

The United States expanded their territory west of what state?

• Massachusets

• Indiana

• New Mexico

• Mississippi

The Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo

Following the Mexican-American War and the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, the United States was poised to take more lands and increase settlement in the Southwest. Like many Native Nations, the Navajo (Diné) signed treaties as well as fought against American efforts to create pathways from the East to California.

Multiple Choice

What year did the Native Tribes sign the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo?

• 1848

• 1748

The Scorched Earth Policy

In the 1850s, Carson became an Indian agent

for the U.S. government. His ability to speak Indian languages helped the government write treaties with many tribes.

Multiple Choice

With his abilities to speak native languages, what government did Kit Carson help write Treaties?

• Texas

• Mexico

• United States

• Spain

Note evidence

He was sympathetic to the situation faced by Native Americans. Despite his sympathies, he accepted the job of gathering the Navajos and moving them to the Bosque Redondo reservation.

Open Ended

Write a list of actions the US/Carson took against the Navajo