Chapter 16: Westward Expansion Flashcards
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Comanche
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large and most threatening tribe of the Great Plains known as thieves, that had mastered the horse and rifle, and relied on buffalo
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William T Sherman
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- deals with west and make it safe for Americans
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Medicine Lodge Creek Treaty
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- treaty between U.S. and Comanche tribe t remove them and move them to federally reserved lands, not abided
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Bosque Redondo
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- federal reserve for Natives that housed both the rival tribes of the Navajo and Apache, and tribes relocated after finding the housing of both did not work
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The Modoc and the Nez Perce
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- both forced to leave pacific northwest lands and fought hard before surrendering
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Chief Joseph
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Nez Perce chief who resisted relocation and finally surrendered, giving a fiery speech
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General cluster
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- dubbed “Little Big Horn,” put into Black Hills Dakota territory and was ambushed by Sioux and are annihilated
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The Lakota Sioux
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- areas of Black Hills in Dakota territory where much gold was located, and was the largest of the northern plain tribes
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The Ghost Dance
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- usually performed right before an uprise or violence
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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- marked the end of the Indian war that lasted throughout 1876 and 1877
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The Homestead Act of 1862
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- provides 160 acres for 5 years of running land by buyer, promoted westward expansion but lead to Indian collision
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The Indian Peace Commission
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- Grant creates to deal with Native affairs to help assimilate Natives as farmers into American society
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Grant’s Native Policy
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- focuses on peace and assimilation into white man culture
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Ely Parker
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- Native of Seneca elected by President Grant to head Indian Commission
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Carlisle School
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- symbol of American attempts to assimilate Native Americans into society and remove culture, educated natives
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The Dawes Act
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- allowed for family ownership of land (160 acres) and allowed natives the right to sell land 25 years and surplus land granted to whites, symbol of shift from traditional Indian perspective of land to modern American perspective of land that can be bought and owned
- failure, seen as traitorous by compliant Native tribes
