Westward Expansion and the Native Americans

Westward Expansion

&

American

Indians

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Industrialization sped up migration West because it led to and increased demand for land and need for

• military bases

• raw materials

• cultural connections with Native Americans

• Settlement houses for immigrants

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What was the name of the legislation that gave every head of a household 160 acres of land in the West?

• Dawes Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Homestead Act

• Pacific Railway Act

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Western Migration Leads to Conflict with Native Americans

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One problem with more settlers moving West may be....

• The land was owned by the French

• The land was owned by the British

• The land was occupied by American Indians

Effects of Westward Migration on Native Americans

1. More people moved West ---> American Indians became displaced.

2. Buffalo herds were destroyed= Huge part of their culture.

3. Conflicts between the US and the American Indians increased.

4. American Indians were forced onto reservations and/or assimiliate.

Western Migration Led to a clash between Native Americans and U.S. Settlers/Government

Cultural Differences between White Settlers and Native American Plains Indians made things more difficult.

​Private Property vs. Nomadic lifestyle.

​As settlers moved into the Great Plains, the Buffalo faced a terrible fate.

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This was the most important animal to this region for the Native Americans of the Great Plains. They followed this big game as they hunted them for food

• Moose

• Wolf

• Bear

• Bison (buffalo)

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Check all the boxes that you think would reflect some aspect of the Plains Indians Culture.

• Nomadic Lifestyle

• Belief in private property

• Belief in ownership of land and things.

• Belief in Christianity

• dependence on the buffalo for way of life

Government Policy Shifts towards Native Americans after the 1860s

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​*The demand for resources and land in the West will change the life of American Indians.

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According to image whose land is for sale?

• The Railroads

• Native American Land

• The government's 

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What does displace mean?

• to move someone/something out of its original position.

• To give someone a place to stay.

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What term means the land the US government set aside for Native Americans when they displaced them from their homelands.

• Arenas

• Wilderness

• Reservations

• Ranches

2 Main Goals of the Reservation System

• Take Native American Land

• ​Destroy Native American culture

Assimilation/Americanization

​To be absorbed into American society as landowners and citizens.

​- To become more "American"

​-Synonym= integrate, blend

​The U.S. Government wanted to "Americanize" The Native Americans.

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What was a Main Goal of the US' reservation system.

• Celebrate Native American Ways

• Take Indian Lands in the West

• Apologize to Native Americans for their poor treatment

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What does the term "Americanize/Americanization" means?

• To strip Native Americans of their culture and force them to live like white Americans.

• To celebrate Native American Culture 

• A support system for diversity education

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Term that means to blend into a dominant culture.

• systemic

• assimilate

• aggravate

• oscillate

Destruction of the Buffalo made resistance difficult and changed Native American life.

Multiple Choice

True or False: The demand for resources in the West changed the life of Native Americans 

• True

• False

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Choose 3 ways that settlement West and the US government changed the way of life for Native Americans

• The US government gave Native Americans control over their futures.

• Displaced Native Americans from lands

• Worked to destroy Native American culture

• Destruction of the buffalo

• Government supported cultural centers to teach native American ways

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This map shows what actions taken by the US government towards Native Americans

• Refusal to implement the reservation system

• The establishment of colleges for Native Americans

• The Displacement of Native Americans from tribal lands

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As Americans moved west, what occurred as Americans came into contact with American Indians?

• Cooperation and Respect between settlers and Native Americans

• Conflicts and battles

• The ability to adapt and peacefully coexist.