Multiple Perspectives: Native Americans: Lost Lands, New Lives

How did westward expansion impact people, places, and ideas?

• It led to the displacement of Native Americans, growth of new towns, and spread of new beliefs.

• It had no significant impact on people, places, or ideas.

• It only affected the environment, not people or ideas.

• It caused people to move eastward instead of westward.

What questions can you ask to help you answer the Compelling Question: 'How did westward expansion impact people, places, and ideas?'

• Questions about the effects on Native Americans, settlers, and the environment.

• Questions about modern technology.

• Questions about European history only.

• Questions about ancient civilizations.

Each source in this lesson helps you answer your Supporting Questions by:

• Providing evidence and information related to your questions.

• Making the lesson more difficult to understand.

• Distracting you from the main topic.

• Giving unrelated facts.

How can you use evidence from the sources to support your conclusions about westward expansion and its effects on Native Americans?

• By analyzing the sources to find facts that support your conclusions.

• By ignoring the sources and making assumptions.

• By only using opinions from the sources.

• By not considering any evidence from the sources.

The effects of westward expansion on Native Americans and the nation as a whole included:

• Increased land and opportunities for Native Americans

• Loss of land and culture for Native Americans, and growth for the nation

• No significant changes for either group

• Improved relations between Native Americans and settlers

What does this image suggest about the interactions between American settlers and Native Americans during the settlement of the West?

• The image suggests peaceful cooperation between American settlers and Native Americans.

• The image suggests conflict and tension between American settlers and Native Americans.

• The image suggests that American settlers and Native Americans lived completely separate lives.

• The image suggests that American settlers relied entirely on Native Americans for survival.

According to the passage, who was Sitting Bull? Fill in the blank: Sitting Bull was a respected leader of the ______ Sioux.

• Lakota

• Navajo

• Apache

• Cheyenne

Based on Sitting Bull's speech, what did he say about the earth and the arrival of spring? Fill in the blank: 'Behold, my brothers, the spring has come; the earth has received the embraces of the ______ and we shall soon see the results of that love!'

• sun

• moon

• wind

• rain

What did Sitting Bull claim was a 'disease' with the new settlers?

• The love of possessions

• The love of animals

• The love of spring

• The love of neighbors

Sitting Bull's speech at the Powder River Council in 1877 expressed a willingness to submit to the settlers' demands for land.

• True

• False