Chapter 6 The Land Changes Hands

What does political control not mean according to the text?

• Ownership

• Power

• Freedom

• Democracy

What year was the Louisiana Purchase?

• 1805

• 1803

• 1851

• 1858

Beginning in the 1800s, Europeans were no longer doing what with the tribes?

• Trading

• Fighting

• Negotiating

• Collaborating

How many of the seven Dakota leaders agreed to sell the land that would be used for Fort Snelling?

• Three

• Five

• Seven

• Two

Relationships:

Native American & Europeans = Trade

Americans & British = Time of war

Ojibwe & Dakota = Peace and fighting

Native Americans & Americans = ??????????

• Trade agreements

• Military alliances

• Land treaties

• Cultural exchanges

What did the U.S. believe Fort Snelling would do for U.S. fur traders?

• Protect them from the British.

• Help them trade with the British.

• Allow them to explore new lands.

• Provide them with new weapons.

What are annuities?

• Annual payments of cash, foods, and supplies

• Continuous treaties every year

• Making Indian Americans learn to live like Americans

Near the end of the fur trade, why were pelts not worth as much?

• Overproduction

• Decreased demand

• Poor quality

• Increased competition

Because the demand of furs dropped, the fur traders also went into __________.

• Profit

• Debt

• Expansion

• Partnership

Dakota people began to wonder if treaties could be a way to __________ some of the land and their traditional way of life.

• Sell

• Preserve

• Develop

• Abandon