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WorksheetsUnit 7 Retake Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What term is defined as "movement of settlers and immigrants from the eastern United States to the Midwest and West"?
eastward expansion
western regression
westward expansion
immigration
What term is defined as "written agreement between two or more nations"?
letters
legalities
parcels
treaties
What term is defined as "an organized division of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state"?
province
nation
territory
addition
What term is defined as "materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain"?
natural resources
deposits
natural bargains
economic prosperity
What term is defined as "self-ruling group that has the power to do everything necessary to govern itself"?
supremacy
sovereign nation
united nations
lawful groups
What term is defined as "an annual payment of food and money that the U.S. government paid to American Indians in return for their land"?
annuity
salary
allowance
fee
What term is defined as "land set aside, or reserved, by the U.S. government for use by an American Indian group"?
territory
state
republic
reservation
What two groups or people made the first land deal in Minnesota in 1805?
Zebulon Pike and the Dakota
Henry Schoolcraft and the Ojibwe
DuLuth and both the Dakota and Ojibwe
Lewis Cass and the Dakota
What land was purchased in the Treaty of 1805?
100 acres surrounding present day Duluth
100,000 acres at the intersections of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers and the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers
2,000 acres near Cambridge, Minnesota
Northwest Angle (near Lake of the Woods)
Why was the land sold in the Treaty of 1805 so important to the Dakota?
It was Bdote--the place of origin and creation of their people
It was the only place have ever lived
It is where the buffalo spent most of the winter
It was where the tastiest raspberries grew
Why did the US want the Ojibwe to cede their land between the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers in the Treaty of 1837 and in the La Pointe Treaty of 1854?
They wanted to open the land up to white settlement
They wanted to farm the rich soil in northern Minnesota
They were interested in logging the valuable timber/pine trees in that area
They wanted to build a military fort to help protect the interests of the American Fur Company
What is one important thing the Ojibwe received in the Pine Tree Treaty of 1837?
They were able to retain their hunting, fishing, and wild rice harvesting rights in the area
They were paid $50 million in annuities over 100 years
They were given a large reservation on the St. Croix River
They were promised the return of the land after the natural resources were taken from the land by the US
What treaty signed over millions of acres in southern Minnesota to the United States government?
Treaties of Minnesota and Michigan
Mississippi and Rum River Treaties
St. Paul and Minneapolis Treaties
Treaties of Traverse des Sioux
Why was the US interested in obtaining the land in southern Minnesota?
They wanted to log the land
They wanted to open the land up to white settlement to support Westward Expansion
They were interested in the minerals available for mining
They wanted build saw mills on the great water fall on the Minnesota River
Where was the Dakota's reservation after they sold all of their land in southern Minnesota?
Along the northern and southern shores of the Minnesota River
Near Fort Snelling
Along the shores of Lake of the Woods
In South Dakota
True or False, the Dakota were able to keep their reservations and were paid the full amount of the promised payments in their treaties.
True
False
What is one reason why the Dakota signed the variety of treaties in the early to mid 1800s?
They would now be able to live their lives like the European Americans
They would be able to control the fur trade
They knew the US Government would take their land regardless; if they signed the treaties then they would at least be guaranteed a portion of their land
They would become very rich by selling their land
What is one reason why settlers wanted the Native Americans to sign over their land to the US Government?
They would be able to learn from the Native Americans all about the skill of trapping beaver
The land would be open for American settlement and much of this land could be purchased at a cheaper price
The land would be open to the settlers for mining gold
They believed the land was sacred and wanted to help the Native Americans preserve it
Why did the fur traders want the Dakota to sign the Pine Tree Treaty of 1837 and the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux?
Fur traders were promised large portions of the payments to pay off the Ojibwe and Dakota's debts
It locked in the prices of the prime beaver pelts
It made it illegal for the British to establish fur trading posts in the territory
It officially ended all wars between the Dakota and Ojbwe
What was the purpose of the 3rd document at the signing of the Treaties of Traverse des Sioux in 1851?
It was an additional copy of the treaty
It was for taking attendance
It was an agreement to use annuity payments to pay off debts to fur traders
It was an agreement to continue selling beaver fur
