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22 Cards in this Set
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Napoloeon Bonaparte wanted to sell French Territory to Thomas Jefferson because |
He needed money for more troops |
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What risk did James Monroe take when purchasing the Louisiana territory? |
Congress said he could spend 2 million but he spent 15 million and bought the entire territory |
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Hunters and Trappers travelled ______________ and sold their goods in the city of _________ _______________________. |
South of the Mississippi New Orleans |
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Who did President Jefferson choose to explore the new territory? |
Lewis and Clark |
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Who were some of the people that came along on the expidition to help? |
Sacajawea a Shoshone Indian Nez Perce Indians 48 frontiersmen and hunters York, a slave |
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Lewis and Clark sent the following information back to the president |
maps information about the land, animals, plants friendly relationships with the Indians showed how overland travel to the Pacific Ocean
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Did the President Thomas Jefferson send other explorers? |
Yes, he sent Zebulon Pike an army lieutenant to explore the Southwest from Kansas to Colorado |
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One of the earliest settlers who in the Louisiana territory was |
Daniel Boone. -even before the purchase of the Louisiana Territory he set out with his wife Rebecca and friends and relatives |
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Why was control of the City of New Orleans so important to the people of the United States? |
It was an important trading Post |
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What events caused the Indians to gradually lose their lands? |
-some tribal leaders sold land for less than it was worth -unfair treaties that ended war but left the -T |
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What did the Shawnee chief Tecumseh do try to stop the expansion of white settlements in Indian lands? |
-met with other Indian leaders to pursuade them to join together and fight |
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How were the treaties signed unfair? |
-Most Indians did believe in Ownership anyways, they did not understand the concept of owning land. -Indian leaders signed treaties giving land away that belonged to other tribes resulting in a rush of settlers -what the goverment did not win by treaty it would take by force |
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Which famous battle gave the U.S. control of most of central and southern Ohio? |
1n 1794 THe Battle of Fallen Timbers. |
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What were some results of the Battle of Fallen Timbers? |
-Indians were not able to stop future settlers from moving east of the Mississippi -The Indians were forced to sign the treaty of Greenville -Indians gave up their rights to most of central and southern Ohio -received 20,000 in supplies and $9,500 yearly payments |
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What did the Indian Leader Tecumseh do to do protect the Indian lands against Settlements? |
-gathered support from other Indian Nations to fight against the settlers -made an agreement with British forces in Canada and Michigan to fight against the U.S. in the war of 1812 (French and Indian War) -received guns and supplies to fight the general Harrison from the British |
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After the Death of their Indian Leader Tecumseh what did most Indian tribes east of the Mississippi do? |
They decided to leave their lands and move as far away from the settlers as possible, they moved west of the Mississippi |
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In which ways were some Indian tribes adapting well to settlers and working with the new changes? |
-some tribes wanted to stay east of Mississippi adopted the white settler's culture -joined the Catholic and Chrisitian faith -sent their kids to government run Indian schools -Sequoyah developed a Cherokee alphabet -a newspaper printed in Cherokee and English -Cherokee leaders set up their own governenment and constitution based on the U.S. Consitution -The government created the Bureau of Indian Affairs |
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What did the Cherokee do when the government told them they had to move west? |
They took the case to the Supreme Court |
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What was the Supreme Court ruling for the What happened to Indians after this decision? |
-The Supreme Court ruled that the government had no right to remove Indians from their native lands -Andrew Jackson ignored this decision and ordered the American Army to remove the Indians by Force ( The Trail of Tears) |
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Describe the hardships the Indians faced on the Trail of Tears |
-1/4th of Indians died of starvation, disease and harsh treatment along the way - many Indian tribes living in on way of Trail of Tears had to move also |
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WHat happened during the Black Hawk war? |
-Indians living in Illinois were forced to move to Iowa. When they went back to check on their crops they angered settlers who thought it was now their land. -The army attacked , even men and women were killded . Out of 2000 Indians that went to check on their crops only 150 made it back alive |
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