Acts

Question 1

Indian removal act

Answer 1

1830
-Moved 46000 natives west of the Mississippi River

Question 2

Second fort Laramie treaty

Answer 2

1868
-Great Sioux reservation set up
-US made regular payments to Sioux of food and clothing
-Closed Bozeman trail and 3 US forts
-White settlers not allowed on Sioux reservation

Question 3

Indian trade and intercourse act

Answer 3

1834
- Indians and whites not allowed to trade
- established permanent Indian frontier

Question 4

1st Fort Laramie treaty

Answer 4

1851
- Indians moved to reservations
- white settlers allowed on Indian territory - ended Indian frontier
- Indians to pay compensation for attacks on White Settlers
- Sioux demanded $50000 annual pay

Question 5

Significance of fort Laramie treaty 1851

Answer 5

Indian dependance on US government for food, money and supplies
Increase in white settlement on plains
Reservations

Question 6

Indian appropriations act

Answer 6

1851
- funded reservations

Question 7

Dawes act

Answer 7

1887
- each Native American family allotted 160 acres
- 80 acres for a single person
- 40 acres for an underage orphan
- after 25 years could become a US citizen

Question 8

Significance of 1887 Dawes act

Answer 8

• US hoped to “civilise” Indians by teaching them to farm
• reduced reliance on chiefs and tribes
• by 1888, 50% of land they had in 1887 was lost
  -increase in white settlement
  -1890 end of Indian frontier

Question 9

Homestead act

Answer 9

1862
- 160 acres for $10
- ex-confederate couldn’t use it