All NAs Flashcards
What was manifest destiny
The idea that the US was destined to expand westward
What did European settlers do that challenged NA way of life
Hunted buffalo, NA’s reliant on gov for food, railroads destroyed buffalo herds, gold rush
What years were the Plain Wars
1862-68
When was the fort Laramie treaty and what was it
1868, NAs ceded some land, permanent frontier disregarded, Black hills, South Dakota became part of Sioux reservation
When and what was the Homestead act
1862, gave farmers a 160 acre plot of land if they farmed it for five years, brought 20,000 colonists to the plains
What NA ideas did the reservation policy forebay
Polygamy, herbal remedies, tribal laws, communal living, tribal chief powers
When and what was the Dawes act
1887, divided reservation into allotments which were given to NAs, making them citizens, forced assimilation + farming, land ownership was not part of NA way of life
What happened to much land from allotment act
The land was unsuitable for farming and sold to whites
When and what was Wolf v Hitchcock
1903, court upheld the right of congress to revoke all treaties made with NAs, therefore take away more land
When and what was the Indian Citizenship act
1924, enfranchised NAs, aimed for assimilation not political involvement, NAs did not want citizenship
What was the Dance order
Example that Indian citizenship act didn’t protect culture, some traditional dances banned
When and what was the Miriam Report
1928, made by reformers, anthropologists and social scientists, condemned allotment policy noted NAs were the most impoverished group in USA
What New deal act benefitted NAs, when, what did it do
Wheeler-Howard act / Indian Reorganisation act, 1934, gave the right to practice their religion, right to undertake ceremonial dances, ability to prevent sale of their lands, extension of political rights to women
