After the Civil War, the Great West was still not heavily populated
Populated by a few Mormons and Mexicans
White settlers began to move to the Great West à the Indians were beginning to turn against each other
But they were infected with diseases, and food shortage
Displacement also caused Indians to fight each other
Americans tried to make treaties with “chiefs” (couldn’t understand the no government form)
-Fort Laramie in 1851 and Fort Atkinson in 1853
Native Americans didn’t recognize authorities outside of their families.
1860s, the U.S. government begin to focus more on reservations like the Dakota Territory
- Indians promised that they wouldn’t be bothered after moving out of their lands
- Some Indians were pawned off with shoddy food, blankets, protection
- White men never kept to treaties, though, and gave them cheap, worn out stuff
· Many Native American tribes attack Whites from 1868 to 1890 called the “Indian Wars”
- Generals Sherman, Sheridan, and Custer all battled Indians.
Sympathy for the Indians came in 1880s
- Helen Hunt Jackson’s novels, A Century of Dishonor and Ramona.
White missionaries would force Indians to convert
1884, missionaries urged the government to outlaw the sacred Sun Dance which led to the Battle of Wounded Knee
- Helen Hunt Jackson’s novels, A Century of Dishonor and Ramona.
White missionaries would force Indians to convert
1884, missionaries urged the government to outlaw the sacred Sun Dance which led to the Battle of Wounded Knee
The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887-
If the Indians behaved the way Whites wanted them to behave, they could receive full U.S. citizenship in 25 years
Dawes Act caused Indians to further lose more land
1934 Indian Reorganization Act, helped the Indian population grow
1934 Indian Reorganization Act, helped the Indian population grow
Other things I remember:
Its also important to note that Manifeast Destiny played a huge role in Indinan removal. It gave Polk the support he needed to move west and to get rid of the Indians.
President Jefferson found state rights to be top so he when it came to the Inidans in the south, they were able to do with them as they pleased.
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Essay Question:
Explain whether or not the Native Americans and the Western expansionists would have been able to live in peace together.
1 comment:
Aboriginal inhabitants could not of lived--with the Western Expantionists in such primitive condition. If they joined our civilization -- then they did; but you do not count them. The ones that did -- left their tribe and chief for liberty.
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