Unit 2 Vocab

Question 1

Indian Territory:

Answer 1

a land area set aside by the United States Government for the relocation of Native Americans

Question 2

Tribal Sovereignty:

Answer 2

the right to govern one’s community, the ability to preserve one’s culture, and the right to control one’s own economy

Question 3

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Answer 3

forced the native tribes living east of Mississippi River to move to the land west of Mississippi

Question 4

Buffalo Soldier

Answer 4

the name given to the black troops of the 10th Calvary by the native americans

Question 5

Assimilation

Answer 5

the process of one group becoming part of another

Question 6

Treaty

Answer 6

a formal agreement between two or more nations

Question 7

Abolitionist

Answer 7

person who was against slavery

Question 8

Confederacy

Answer 8

an alliance

Question 9

Massacre

Answer 9

an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people

Question 10

Impressment

Answer 10

forcing U.S. sailors to serve in the British navy

Question 11

Missouri compromise

Answer 11

Missouri admitted as a slave state, and slavery was prohibited north of Missouri’s southern border