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WorksheetsCh.6 The Land Changes Hands
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
How was the balance of power between the U.S. government and American Indian nations unequal?
U.S. had more money
U.S. had more people
U.S. had more military power
All of these things
In the 1805 treaty:
The Ojibwe sold a large chunk of their land in the North
The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux happened
The Ojibwe & the U.S. government signed a land treaty in Washington D.C.
Land used for Ft.Snelling was bought
Why did the U.S. government build Ft.Snelling?
Keep the British out of the Fur Trade
Keep peace between the Dakota & Ojibwe
Help the American Fur Company
All of these things
The Dakota believed the land belonged to:
the European -Americans
the Ojibwe
the people who lived there
European Americans saw the land as:
theirs
the Dakota's
a place of resources that they could benefit from
The Dakota saw the land provided:
food and other resources
timber & new construction
The European Americans saw forested land provided:
food
fish and fresh water
timber for new construction
The Dakota saw that rivers provided:
fish & fresh water
transportation routes
The Europeans saw that land could be:
used for food
held the graves of their ancestors
divided and then sold
Europeans saw that open prairies provided:
buffalo
timber for building
soil for farming
Territorial governor Alexander Ramsey wanted land for settlement. What did the U.S. government plan to offer the Dakota in exchange for their land?
Cash payment
Annuity payments for 50 years
Reservation land
All of these things
during the 1800's the movement of settlers & immigrants from the eastern United States to the midwest & west
westward expansion
reservation
territory
a written agreement between two or more nations
ratify
annuity
reservation
treaty
ratify
a written agreement between two or more nations
to approve formally
an annual payment money and food that the U.S. government paid to American Indians in return for their land
a part of the U.S. that is not within a state but is organized with its own leaders
treaty
territory
annuity
reservation
annuity
to approve formally
a written agreement between two or more nations
an annual payment of money and food that the U.S. government paid to American Indians in return for their land
land set aside, or reserved, by the U.S. government for use by an American Indian group
treaty
westward expansion
ratify
reservation
something that is owed, such as money, goods, or services
treaty
annuity
debt
ratify
adopting the values and habits of a larger group
ratify
annuity
assimilation
reservation
In 1803, _____________________________.
U.S. government buys land near present day Ft.Snelling from the Dakota
The Dakota & Ojibwe sign a land treaty in Washington D.C.
The Louisiana Purchase adds 903,380 square miles to the United States
The Dakota & U.S. sign land treaties at Traverse des Sioux & Mendota
In 1837, _______________________________________.
the Loisiana Purchase happened.
land was bought for Ft.Snelling.
the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux happened.
The Dakota & Ojibwe sign land treaties with the U.S. for land in western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota.
In 1849, Minnesota became_______________________.
a territory
a state
a reservation
In 1851,__________________________________________.
the Ft.Snelling treaty was signed
the Treaty of Mendota was signed
the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was signed.
The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux and Mendota was signed.
In 1851,the _______________ signed a treaty to sell a large chunk of their land in northern Minnesota.
European Americans
Ojibwe
Dakota
Alexander Ramsey
1st MN territorial governor.Helped negotiate treaties
Indian Agent at Ft.Snelling
Explorer who got two Dakota to sig 1805 treaty for land for Ft.Snelling
Fur trader who helped fur traders get money from Dakota at Traverse des Sioux
Henry Sibley
1st MN territorial governor.Helped negotiate treaties
Indian Agent at Ft.Snelling
Explorer who got two Dakota chiefs to sign 1805 treaty for land for Ft.Snelling
Fur trader who helped fur traders get money from Dakota at Traverse des Sioux
Zebulon Pike
1st MN territorial governor.Helped negotiate treaties
Indian Agent at Ft.Snelling
Explorer who got two Dakota chiefs to sign 1805 treaty for land for Ft.Snelling
Fur trader who helped fur traders get money from Dakota at Traverse des Sioux
Lawrence Taliferro (Tolliver)
1st MN territorial governor.Helped negotiate treaties
Indian Agent at Ft.Snelling
Explorer who got two Dakota chiefs to sign 1805 treaty for land for Ft.Snelling
Fur trader who helped fur traders get money from Dakota at Traverse des Sioux
