Minnesota Land Cession Treaty Quiz

Who were the influential men who convinced the US government to negotiate the purchase of land from Native people?

• David Wilson and Michael Thompson

• John Smith and William Johnson

• Thomas Brown and Robert Miller

• Alexander Ramsey and Henry Sibley

What was the primary reason for the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota to sell their land?

• To retaliate against the US government

• To expand their territory

• To gain resources they needed to survive

• To support the fur traders

Where were the treaty negotiations held in July 1851?

• Traverse des Sioux

• St. Croix River

• Minnesota River

• Mendota

What was the price at which the US government purchased the land from the Dakota?

• About seven and a half cents an acre

• One dollar per acre

• Ten cents per acre

• Twenty cents per acre

What did the Dakota people retain as part of the land cession treaty?

• A reservation of land ten miles wide on each side of the Minnesota River

• A reservation of land ten miles wide on each side of the St. Croix River

• A reservation of land ten miles wide on each side of the Mississippi River

• A reservation of land ten miles wide on each side of the Missouri River

What was the purpose of the traders' paper signed by the Dakota leaders?

• To direct the government to pay off various debts claimed by white and métis fur traders

• To request additional funds from the US government

• To establish a new trading post for the Dakota people

• To declare independence from the US government

What angered the Dakota people after signing the traders' paper?

• The construction of schools and other services

• The relocation of their reservation land

• The lack of annuity payments from the US government

• Deceptive methods used by the traders to get the leaders to sign

Who negotiated a similar treaty at Mendota with other Dakota bands?

• Wilson, Thompson, and Smith

• Brown, Miller, and Johnson

• Sibley, Ramsey, and Lea

• Jones, Davis, and Clark

How many white immigrants moved to Minnesota in the decade after the signing of the treaties?

• More than 200,000

• Over 100,000

• Less than 10,000

• Around 50,000