TMoA Going West 1839-1860

Question 1

The Plain Indians Lives

Answer 1

Buffalo Hunting
Mostly Normadic
Believed land was sacred
Spiritual (ancestors)
Hierarchy of Tribes

Question 2

The Lakota Sioux Lives

Answer 2

Normadic
Lead by warriors
Hunted Buffalo
Fought on Horseback with guns and bows
Believed the Black Hills were scared

Question 3

Cheyenne Lives

Answer 3

Organised into Tribes and bands
Partially normadic
Hunted buffalo
Traded with white settlers
Lived in Tipis
Fight for land

Question 4

Why did people migrate West

Answer 4

Advertisements had positive portrayal of The West and lead to people deciding to move
Banking collapse 1837 mean people lost wages and savings
Pre-emption West 1841 meant anyone who lived and farmed on land for 5 years could claim it
Manifest Destiny lead people to believe it was God’s will for people to spread white beliefs and culture

Question 5

Gold Rush

Answer 5

Discovered Gold in California in 1848
California became a state in 1849
Mining settlements set up quickly and pushed the Native Americans out
Woman lived as prostitutes and laundry women
Gov signed the Fort Laramie treaty which promised to not disrupt the plains

Question 6

Mormons

Answer 6

Wanted to practice polygamy (multipul wives)
Joseph Smith was killed in the East
Brigham Young chose Utah territory to settle (Salt Lake City)
Set up in 1840s and by 1852 had a population of 10000
In 1850 Brigham became the first governor of Utah