D106 PNW History
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Donation Land Act of 1850 - answer Offered 320 acres in
Oregon territory free of charge to unmarried white male US
citizens who would commit to cultivating/living on the lands for
4 years which lead to a land rush of whites on Native American
homelands. 2.5 million acres in Western Oregon alone were
claimed.
Rogue River War - answer Miners from CA flocked to a gold
strike on the Rogue River in S Oregon. The whites raped tribal
women, stole natives land, and acts of extermination on the
tribes by the volunteer Ranger militia, settlers and gold miners.
Tribes in the Willamette Valley had to relinquish their rights the
land they currently lived on. The tribes were defeated and
removed to distant reservations.
,Joseph Lane - answer 1849 Oregon Governor became the
region's first US superintendent of Indian Affairs. A full 3 years
after the acquisition of the area by the US Indian land title was
guaranteed.
The Modoc War - answer was an armed conflict between the
Native American Modoc tribe and the United States Army in
southern Oregon and northern California from 1872 to 1873. It
stemmed from mistreatment and removal to Klamath Reserve.
The indians were defeated and sent to Oklahoma permanently.
Nez Perce War - answer In this armed conflict between the Nez
Perce and the US Gov. fought in 1877, the Indians refused to
give up their lands to the US government and move to an Indian
reservation when gold was discovered and they were ordered
to leave. The Indians launched a valiant effort to maintain their
land, but were ultimately defeated by the US Army. They were
retreating to Canada, but were captured and sent to Oklahoma,
most returned to the NW eventually.
Dawes Allotment Act of 1887 - answer broke up reservations
and assigned individual pieces of 160 acres of land to Native
American individuals and families. This was meant to break up
and dismantle the Indian culture and ways.
, Removal Policy - answer This was a policy whose intended
result was to remove Native Americans in the eastern of the
nation to what was called the "Trans-Mississippi West." Its
earliest recorded advocate was Thomas Jefferson, but its most
well-known advocate was Andrew Jackson. Jackson pushed the
Indian Removal Act through Congress in 1830. It moved Native
Americans from the East to the West.
reservations (Native people) - answer A designated area of land
that Native American Tribes lived on by the federal government.
These were designed to isolate, concentrate, and civilize Indians
in a more intensive fashion that removal had done. Natives
would be confined to a more restricted and rigidly defined
space, supervised by white military and civilian officials, and
taught the English Language, farming and industry, and
Christianity.
Treaty of Point No Point 1855 - answer Native American
peoples retained rights to their traditional hunting and fishing
grounds and agreed to not trade at Vancouver Island.
Treaties - answer formal agreements between nations
WGU WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Donation Land Act of 1850 - answer Offered 320 acres in
Oregon territory free of charge to unmarried white male US
citizens who would commit to cultivating/living on the lands for
4 years which lead to a land rush of whites on Native American
homelands. 2.5 million acres in Western Oregon alone were
claimed.
Rogue River War - answer Miners from CA flocked to a gold
strike on the Rogue River in S Oregon. The whites raped tribal
women, stole natives land, and acts of extermination on the
tribes by the volunteer Ranger militia, settlers and gold miners.
Tribes in the Willamette Valley had to relinquish their rights the
land they currently lived on. The tribes were defeated and
removed to distant reservations.
,Joseph Lane - answer 1849 Oregon Governor became the
region's first US superintendent of Indian Affairs. A full 3 years
after the acquisition of the area by the US Indian land title was
guaranteed.
The Modoc War - answer was an armed conflict between the
Native American Modoc tribe and the United States Army in
southern Oregon and northern California from 1872 to 1873. It
stemmed from mistreatment and removal to Klamath Reserve.
The indians were defeated and sent to Oklahoma permanently.
Nez Perce War - answer In this armed conflict between the Nez
Perce and the US Gov. fought in 1877, the Indians refused to
give up their lands to the US government and move to an Indian
reservation when gold was discovered and they were ordered
to leave. The Indians launched a valiant effort to maintain their
land, but were ultimately defeated by the US Army. They were
retreating to Canada, but were captured and sent to Oklahoma,
most returned to the NW eventually.
Dawes Allotment Act of 1887 - answer broke up reservations
and assigned individual pieces of 160 acres of land to Native
American individuals and families. This was meant to break up
and dismantle the Indian culture and ways.
, Removal Policy - answer This was a policy whose intended
result was to remove Native Americans in the eastern of the
nation to what was called the "Trans-Mississippi West." Its
earliest recorded advocate was Thomas Jefferson, but its most
well-known advocate was Andrew Jackson. Jackson pushed the
Indian Removal Act through Congress in 1830. It moved Native
Americans from the East to the West.
reservations (Native people) - answer A designated area of land
that Native American Tribes lived on by the federal government.
These were designed to isolate, concentrate, and civilize Indians
in a more intensive fashion that removal had done. Natives
would be confined to a more restricted and rigidly defined
space, supervised by white military and civilian officials, and
taught the English Language, farming and industry, and
Christianity.
Treaty of Point No Point 1855 - answer Native American
peoples retained rights to their traditional hunting and fishing
grounds and agreed to not trade at Vancouver Island.
Treaties - answer formal agreements between nations
