USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Native Americans lost their homelands due to:
A
droughts.
B
selling their land.
C
fights breaking out.
D
treaties being broken.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Starting in the 17th century, European settlers pushed Indigenous people off their land, with the backing of the colonial government and, later, the fledging United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -Treaty of Fort Wayne-1809 Territories include lands ceded under the Fort Wayne Treaty (labeled C and K on the map), as well as Clark’s Grant, Greenville Treaty, Vincennes Treaty, St Louis Treaty, Fort Industry Treaty, Grouseland Treaty, and the Detroit Treaty.

Detailed explanation-3: -Losing Indian lands resulted in a loss of cultural identity, as tribes relied on their homelands as the place of ancestral burial locations and sacred sites where religious ceremonies were performed. Without their lands, nations lost their identities, and their purpose.

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