Plains HW 3 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Causes of Indian Removal | Population growth in East Availability of cheap and fertile land Economic opportunities "Manifest Destiny" |
Effects of Indian Removal | Native Americans forced off lands Americans migrate West --> US spans across the entire country California = Population "Boom" |
Dawes Act | 1887 Tried to end Native Americans’ [aimless] wandering and turn them into farmers Each Native American male received 160 acres to farm Schools = set up → to make “Native American |
Dawes Act Failure | Few Native Americans “took” to farming (how come?) Sold land to dishonest whites, below true value Federal agents replaced native leaders Native Americans = forced to give up traditional [Buffalo] hunt methods and had to be responsible for supplies |
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Tommy Hunnewell
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