Untitled Deck Flashcards
What is assimilation?
Adopting ways of the dominant society; example: adapt European ways of dress, customs, etc.
Cherokee were offered if they would assimilate, they would not have to be removed west of the Mississippi River.
What does boon mean?
Something to be thankful for; blessing, benefit.
In the Louisiana Purchase, the extra land would be a boon to land speculators and would-be settlers.
What is literacy?
Literacy is the ability to read and write.
Sequoya, of the Cherokee tribe, helped to boost literacy in his tribe when he developed an alphabet and later a newspaper, which was distributed to many in the tribe.
What is a plantation?
A large farm or estate in a tropical zone for the cultivation of cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugarcane– typically by enslaved, unpaid, or low-wage resident laborers.
In the southeast US, Native Americans were removed in order to make way for plantations.
What is a treaty?
A formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
Some Native American tribes signed treaties with the US government, others did not.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
President Thomas Jefferson purchased this North American land from France in 1803, doubling the size of the United States.
The extra land would be a boon to land speculators and would-be settlers.
What is Indian Territory?
All of present-day Oklahoma, and parts of present-day Nebraska and Kansas– that Native Americans were removed to; some Native Americans were already on this land and were resentful.
What are the Everglades of Florida?
This was swampy, marshy land inhabited by the Seminole tribe.
The Seminoles knew the land well and could ambush American soldiers, as well as burn the crops and homes of American settlers.
What is the Mississippi River’s significance?
The geographic line marking the beginning of ‘Indian Territory’.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
President who treated Native Americans harshly in order to secure precious land for white Americans; ignored the Supreme Court’s decision.
Who were the Seminoles?
Led by Osceola, they knew swampland and could ambush American soldiers; also burned crops and villages of American settlers.
Who were the Cherokees?
A Native American tribe that was willing to assimilate more than other tribes– yet was forced on the Trail of Tears west of the Mississippi River anyway, to Indian Territory, as part of the Indian Removal Act.
Who are settlers?
People who make certain land their new home.
In the Louisiana Purchase, the extra land would be a boon to land speculators and would-be settlers.
What are land speculators?
People who buy land for future sale, hoping the value will increase over time.
In the Louisiana Purchase, the extra land would be a boon to land speculators and would-be settlers.
Who was John Ross?
Leader of the Cherokee tribe.
Who was Sequoya?
A Cherokee who developed a syllabary (alphabet) and newspaper: this led to increased literacy for Cherokees!
Who were the Sauk?
A Native American tribe led by Black Hawk (one of the Illinois tribes) who returned east of the Mississippi River, in defiance of a treaty, because they didn’t have enough food to eat west of the Mississippi.
Who were the Fox?
A Native American tribe (one of the Illinois tribes) led back East by Black Hawk, although he was not their leader who returned east of the Mississippi River, in defiance of a treaty, because they didn’t have enough food to eat west of the Mississippi.
Who was Osceola?
Leader of the Seminole tribe of Florida.
Who was Black Hawk?
Leader of Sauk tribe, but was also willing to lead Fox tribe back from west of Mississippi, after they had moved there (along with Shawnee, Potawatomi tribes)– they had signed a treaty to do so, but faced starvation and moved back.
Who was General Winfield Scott?
Was sent by President Andrew Jackson to Georgia and Alabama, along with 7000 federal troops; he sent Cherokee to camps– while they were there, he has their villages looted.
What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
A law that was passed removing Native Americans from their ancestral lands and sending them west of the Mississippi River; Jackson ignored the Supreme Court’s decision.
The Supreme Court said the act was unconstitutional.
What was the Trail of Tears?
The long forced march westward as part of Indian Removal; thousands died along the way.
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
This treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War.
It was signed on Feb. 2, 1848 in the town of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
