Reasons For The Plains Wars Flashcards
Why did the U.S. Army send troops to protect the white settlers?
Because some tribes started to attack the wagon trains
Why were the Indians more worried about the white settlers in 1862?
Because the White settlers were able to settle on the great plain which caused more of a threat towards the Indians
Why did the White settlers settle on the plains?
Because the ground become more valuable
Why were many White settlers happy for the Indians to be put on reservation?
Because of the native Americans attacks on the settlers in earlier years
Why did they want to move the Indians onto reservation?
Because they didn’t understand the Indians way of life’s, and they saw the Indians as savages, who led an uncivilised life
Why did the Indians feel invaded in 1840?
Due to the gold rush many people started travelling across the plains and started making threats towards the Indians way of life and the fear hat the wagons would scare the buffalo away
What views did the White settlers have on the Indians?
They wanted them exterminated
What did the government often make with the Indians?
Treaties but they were never kept
What was the aim of the treaty?
To get the Indians to live on smaller areas and to accept supplies of food and clothing if they moved away from the buffalo
When was the Indian removal act?
1830
Who made the Indian removal act?
President Andrew Jackson
What did this law make the Indians do?
It made 70,000 Indians who lived on the eastern states were fixed to move to Oklahoma, Oklahoma was Indian Territory
