The Land Changes Hands 1

In 1845, St. Paul was mostly a ...

• post office with a big parking lot.

• gas station and convenience store.

• shopping mall with many big stores.

• missionary church with native people living nearby.

The U.S. government wanted to buy land so that thousands of ___________ could move west.

• settlers

• pirates

• buffalo

• fur traders

The U.S. government made its first treaty with the Dakota in _________.

• 1837

• 1805

• 1851

• 1855

The Native Americans were happy to give up their land and eager to sign treaties with the United States.

• True

• False

The balance of power was not equal between the United States and native groups because the United States had...

• more money.

• more people.

• more cell phones.

• more military power.

A place where two rivers meet is called a ________________.

• conflagration

• confluence

• bdote

• bunch up

Fort Snelling is located at the confluence (or bdote) of the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers.

• True

• False

Fort Snelling is located at the confluence (or bdote) of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers.

• True

• False

The U.S. government supported westward expansion by...

• giving free plane tickets to people who wanted to move west.

• making treaties with American Indian nations to acquire land.

• discouraging people from thinking about moving west.

In 1805, the U.S. government sent _________ to acquire land on which to build a fort.

• Zebulon Pike

• Lawrence Taliaferro

• Stephen Riggs

• Henry Sibley