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Expansion of the Nation
The West
Indian Wars. Although their cultures varied from nomadic to village-dwelling, The Native Americans on the Plains maintained a largely subsistenceeconomy in which the buffalo was central. When whites began setting the Plains, they killed millions of buffalo so that by the 1880s only a few hundred were left. The destruction disrupted life on thePlains, increasing conflict among the Native Americans. From the Sand Creek Massacre in 1862 to the so-called Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, sporadic fighting took place between the United States Armyand the Plains Indians.
Adapted from: Marlowe, L. (2006). History of the United States II. United States of America: REA, p. 17.
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| a. Consequences of the extinction of the buffalo. | |
|b. Wars of native Americans against white men. | |
| c. Lifestyles in the Plains. | |
Question 2
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Expansion of the Nation
Reservations and Reform. Meanwhile in the 1860s and1870s the government sought to push the Native Americans onto reservations, specific territories that supposedly were protected from white settlement and where the indigenous peoples could be“civilized”. Reformers in the East, such as the Indian Rights Association, protested this policy, arguing instead for a policy of assimilation. Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor (1881) dramaticallyrecounted the history of white mistreatment of Indians. The Dawes Act (1887) embodied many of the reformers’ ideas and replaced tribal with individual ownership of property. Unfortunately, the new policywas disastrous to the Native Americans, as much of the reservation land ended up in the hands of white and tribal authority disintegrated.
Adapted from:
Marlowe, L. (2006). History of the UnitedStates II. United States of America: REA, p. 17.
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| a. Creation of groups supporting the rights of native Americans. | |
| b. Assimilation of native Americans into the culture of white...
Expansion of the Nation
The West
Indian Wars. Although their cultures varied from nomadic to village-dwelling, The Native Americans on the Plains maintained a largely subsistenceeconomy in which the buffalo was central. When whites began setting the Plains, they killed millions of buffalo so that by the 1880s only a few hundred were left. The destruction disrupted life on thePlains, increasing conflict among the Native Americans. From the Sand Creek Massacre in 1862 to the so-called Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, sporadic fighting took place between the United States Armyand the Plains Indians.
Adapted from: Marlowe, L. (2006). History of the United States II. United States of America: REA, p. 17.
.
| a. Consequences of the extinction of the buffalo. | |
|b. Wars of native Americans against white men. | |
| c. Lifestyles in the Plains. | |
Question 2
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Expansion of the Nation
Reservations and Reform. Meanwhile in the 1860s and1870s the government sought to push the Native Americans onto reservations, specific territories that supposedly were protected from white settlement and where the indigenous peoples could be“civilized”. Reformers in the East, such as the Indian Rights Association, protested this policy, arguing instead for a policy of assimilation. Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor (1881) dramaticallyrecounted the history of white mistreatment of Indians. The Dawes Act (1887) embodied many of the reformers’ ideas and replaced tribal with individual ownership of property. Unfortunately, the new policywas disastrous to the Native Americans, as much of the reservation land ended up in the hands of white and tribal authority disintegrated.
Adapted from:
Marlowe, L. (2006). History of the UnitedStates II. United States of America: REA, p. 17.
.
| a. Creation of groups supporting the rights of native Americans. | |
| b. Assimilation of native Americans into the culture of white...
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