Westward Expansion and NA Conflict

These were set up with the purpose of "Americanizing" young Indians, by force.

• Reservation System

• Dawes Act

• American Indian Boarding Schools

• Homestead Act

Native American Indians were forced to move onto land with designated boundaries in the west, beginning in the 1850s and ending with the Dawes Act of 1887.

• Reservation System

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Cross of Gold Speech

This 1887 law distributed reservation land to individual Native American owners with the goal of turning natives into farmers. Led to sell off of Indian lands.

• Reservation System

• Dawes Act

• Populist Party

• Homestead Act

Under the Dawes Act of 1887

• Farmer land was divided up and given to Native Americans as tribal land

• Helped Native Americans with financial problems

• Made it illegal for Natives to vote

• Tribal Lands were divided up and given to Native American families

"Treaty" means

• A amendment to the Constitution

• A disagreement between the U.S. government and Native Americans

• A moratorium (halt/stop) on Chinese Immigrants

• An agreement between the U.S. government and Native Americans

"Assimilate" means

• Allowing a person to stay the same to become part of the group

• Giving someone the right to vote

• To make a person change who they are to become part of the majority culture

• Making it illegal for someone to vote

The Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887 (Dawes Act) --

• recognized Native American tribes as Independent nations
• presented land to individual tribes
• granted each Indian family a 160-acre farmstead
• improved the reservation system

Compliance with the provisions of this law allowed a Native American to:

• enlist in the military.

• own property.

• create a sovereign government.

• become a U.S. citizen.

The Dawes Act demonstrates that the U.S. government was seeking to:

• suppress Native American dissent for the policies of the U.S. government.

• resolve the Native American issue without further military engagement.

• cut off all future aid to Native Americans.

• relinquish all territorial claims to lands once controlled by Native Americans.

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

• Cotton
• Deer
• Buffalo
• Gold