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Ch. 6 The Land Changes Hands

Study Guide

Vocabulary words

Westward Expansion: the nineteenth-century movement of settlers and immigrants from the eastern United States to the Midwest and West

Treaty: a written agreement between two or more nations

Sovereign: self-ruling and independent

Military base: a central location where an armed force keeps its supplies and organizes its operations

Territory: a part of the United States that is not within a state but organized with its own governing leaders

Delegation: one or more persons chosen to represent others

Negotiation: the process of discussing a question or conflict in order to settle it

(Complete the table with reasons each group wanted the treaties.)

Alexander Ramsey and other government officials / - The land in MN was important to the US expansion
- The US would not be great without MN
Henry Sibley and other fur traders / - New Job opportunities such as lumbering, and selling land
- The Indians would now have money to repay their debts
Stephen Riggs and other missionaries / - Help spread Christianity
- Encourage Indians to give up their traditional way of life
  1. What were three or more results of the treaties of Traverse des Sioux and Mendota?

- Govt. took away almost all remaining land in MN and IA

- promised to pay the Indians $3 Million

- Indians would get “Permanent” Reservations

- White Settlers began arriving looking for land

- More Treaties were signed.

  1. Why did the U.S. Government build Fort Snelling?

- The U.S. government wanted to protect the local fur trade from the British. The United States also wanted to keep peace between the Dakota and Ojibwe so traders could travel safely and Indians could continue to gather furs for trading.

  1. What was the third paper that the Dakota signed? What did the Dakota think it was?

- Document saying they would pay the fur traders and missionaries

- 3rd copy of the treaty

  1. Who was the first governor of Minnesota Territory?

- Alexander Ramsey

  1. Who was the most powerful fur trader in MN and served as Minnesota’s territorial representative to Washington?

- Henry Sibley

  1. Name the different countries that once claimed Minnesota as their own.

- Spain, France, Great Britain

  1. Who was the young Army officer who traveled up the Mississippi River to meet with the Dakota about a land treaty?

- Zebulon Pike

  1. What year did Minnesota become a territory?

- 1849 – It became a State in 1858

  1. What did the Dakota receive from the treaties?

- ½ the money promised

- European tools and goods

- Food – salted pork

- “Temporary” reservations