Chapter 6 Northern Lights

The word that best goes with westward expansion is. . . 

• move
• stay

Westward Expansion

• get used to a way of life
• land set aside for Native Americans
• American settlers moving west
• written agreement between groups

treaty

• the act of approving something
• written agreement between groups
• giving up power/control of something
• get used to a way of life

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

• So there would be more land available for settlers as a result of westward expansion
• So they could sell it to the German government
• So they could build more fur trading posts
• None of the above

Who had more power in the treaty making process?

• The USA
• The Native Americans

Who was the governor of Minnesota Territory and represented the U.S. government at Traverse des Sioux?

• Lawrence Taliaferro

• Stephen Riggs

• Alexander Ramsey

What is a reservation?

• land set aside, or reserved, by the U.S. government specifically for Indians
• the movement of settlers and immigrants from the eastern United States to the Midwest and West in the 1800s
• confirmation

Who was responsible for acquiring land for a military fort in 1805?

• Zebulon Pike
• Alexander Ramsey
• Lawrence Taliaferro
• Josiah Snelling

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

• Minneapolis
• Faribault
• Fort Snelling
• Traverse de Sioux

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

• protect the settlers from the Indians
• protect the fur trade from the British.
• protect the land rights of Americans.
• protect the Mississippi River from the French.