removal of many Native American Tribes. In an attempt to declare land for the white Americans‚ the U.S. Government passed acts and took actions against the Native tribes- some of which had disastrous effects on the Natives. Some tribes‚ such as the Nez Perce‚ signed treaties with the American government that guaranteed their tribe lands where they would be safe from white settlers. However‚ in some cases‚ gold was discovered at the sites the Native tribes had been promised. The government did not honor
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people fled Washington‚ leaving Seattle to go from a boom town. There were many tribes of Native Americans. The men’s job was to hunt and fish‚ and the woman to keep charge of the home and land. The famous tribes were: Chinook‚ Clalskanie‚ Makah‚ Nez Perce‚ Ozette‚ Palouse‚ Wallawallla‚ Wynoochee‚ and Yakima. All the tribes were unique in their own way. The Chinooks were organized into settlements‚ so they weren’t exactly a tribe. They controlled the mouth of the Columbia River. The Clalskanie tribe
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characters. Initially‚ Native Americans were seen as savages who violently attacked the white settlers without reason. However‚ in the real West‚ Native Americans wished for peaceful relations with these settlers. For example‚ Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe wrote much about his people’s actions in helping the American government so as to avoid conflict. The chief even stated that although the Natives had plenty of opportunities to kill the white men‚ they wished to live at peace (Document A).
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east‚ creating more conflict with the Natives. Farmers took all the land in the Great Plains‚ where the Plains Indian tribes lived. Miners would take Indian lands to dig up‚ leading into some rough battles like Little Big Horn and the Battle of Nez Perce. Indians were forced to give up their land to live in reservations were they were promised food‚ tools‚ and schools but rarely got any. Indians were very unhappy and often left to find food or to attack
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Life was difficult for the Native Americans during the westward expansion of white settlers one example of this was the Indian Removal Act. This act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28‚ 1830 gave Federal government the power to move any Native tribe‚ resulting in 5 major Natives tribes being forcibly relocated. Then using the Indian Removal Act 12‚000 Cherokee were forced to move out of their land during winter causing 4‚000 Cherokee deaths due to hunger‚ cold and disease. Another example
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Jefferson was the reason why the westward expansion started. Lewis and clark were wanting to start a journey to the western side. Lewis couldn’t do it alone so he asked clark come alone with him on the journey. So he did they had some hard times it wasn’t so easy as they though. Lewis brought him alone so he could get supplies for him if they ever needed them on there way over to the mississippi on the side of pacific ocean. Lewis had planned to go to the pacific but they had trouble on the way
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usually encouraged their men to get Native American wives and marry into the tribes to make trade relationships stronger. The Whitman established their mission with the Cayuse at Waiilatpu near Walla Walla. Spalding was assigned to convert the Nez Perce people and founded a mission at Lapwai‚ Idaho. This was one of the most successful missions. In 1838‚ two Catholic priests‚ Fathers Blanchet and Modesta Demers arrived at Fort Walla Walla to imagine the possibilities of beginning a Catholic mission
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1. Lewis was shot by one of his own men. Pierre Cruzatte‚ who could not see well‚ shot Lewis through the buttocks on August 11‚ 1806‚ mistaking him for an elk. 2. Clark was not actually a captain. When Lewis asked Clark to join the expedition he said President Jefferson was willing to promote him to captain. Before the expedition began‚ the Secretary of War notified Lewis that Clark would receive a lieutenant’s title. Lewis was angered and wrote Clark that it was best that none of their party or
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Sioux Indian nation group that use to live on the territory of the modern state of Wisconsin‚ USA‚ near the Lake Michigan. There are two separate federally recognized tribal governments‚ the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin‚ while having no official reservation has parcels of land placed in Trust as Indian Trust Land as designated by the federal government‚ Secretary of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) spread over Dane
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Robert Morgan claims that the problems caused by westward expansion were not the fault of a few famous people but of common citizens.The claims of Robert Morgan are reasonable. To support this claim‚the three text used will be‚ “ Thomas Jefferson’s America‚ 1801” --Stephen Ambrose‚ “Reporting to the President‚ September 23- December 31‚ 1806” (pages 418-21) -- Stephen Ambrose‚ and “ Chief Joseph Speaks…” --Chief Joseph. Additionally‚ Robert Morgan states in the text‚” Historians may
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