Exam question - Revision Flashcards
Date: Treaty of Echota?
1835
What were the terms of the Treaty of Echota?
Gave up 8 million acres and received $5 million
How does Andrew describe Indian dependency on US Gov in money terms?
“proposes to pay the whole expense”
How many Choctaws died in the Indian Removal Act?
1,600 (1/10)
How many Cherokee died?
4000 (1/4)
Jackson –>
“cast off their savage habits and become an interesting, civilised, and Christian community.”
When did Cherokee adopt constitution based on US?
1827
What did the Cherokee replace homes with?
Small stick-and-wattle homes replaced with log, lumber, and brick homes
How long was seminole war?
7 years
How many US soliders marched onto Seminole land?
7000
Land provided in Dawes Act?
160 acres for farming
320 for grazing
Nez Perce reservation by 1910?
15000 Nez Perce
300,000 White settlers
Land decrease of Native Americans?
150 million acres - 90 million acres
John Collier’s view of Dawes Act?
‘principle tool’
How did President Arthur describe the Dawes Act?
“allotment system will have a direct and powerful influence in dissolving the tribal band”
How long did it take Alice Fletcher to divide Nez Perce reservation?
4 years
When was the Dawes Act amended?
Curtis Act 1898
After how long did Native Americans gain citizenship?
25 years
Examples of tribes that did not follow the Dawes Act?
Big Foot - led Hunkpapa Lakota to join Red Cloud’s men Resulted in the Massacre of Wounded Knee
Results of Wounded Knee?
250 Indians killed
1/2 women and children
What caused the Dawes Act?
The Battle of Little Big Horn
When was the Battle of little big horn?
1876
Dawes Act date?
1878
