Chapter 6

In 1851, the US government offered cash, annuities for 50 years, and a reservation for the Dakota in exchange fo

• 24 million acres of their land in Minnesota

• All of the beaver pelts they could hunt in 5 years

• Their help in building a new state capitol

• All of the above

Why did the US government build Fort Snelling?

• protect fur trade from the British

• trading post for XY Company

• as a place to sign treaties with the Native Americans

Some Dakota supported signing the treaties of Traverse des Sioux and Mendota because

• It would provide money to buy blankets, tools, and food to survive for the next 50 years

• It would give them a piece of land where they thought they could continue their traditional ways

• They thought the government might take their land anyway, so at least the treaty would give them something in return

• All of the above

What was the main goal of the traders?

• converting Dakota to Christianity

• land

• money

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

• So they could selll it to the German government

• So there would be more land available for settlers as a result of westward expansion.

• So they could build more trading posts.

• None of the above.

Who was Minnesota's first territorial governor?

• Henry Hastings Sibley

• Zebulon Pike

• Alexander Ramsey

• Hans Manson

What year did Minnesota became a territory of the US?

• 1855

• 1858

• 1848

• 1849

Fur trader and first state governor.

• Henry Hastings Sibley

• Zebulon Pike

• Alexander Ramsey

• Hans Manson

He bought land from the Dakota that was used to build Fort Snelling.

• Henry Hastings Sibley

• Zebulon Pike

• Alexander Ramsey

• Hans Manson

Year Minnesota became a state.

• 1855

• 1858

• 1848

• 1849