Indian Removal and Westward Expansion
Published on Sep 19, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Reasons for Expansion
- Expansion of the Cotton Industry/Cotton South
- Expansion of American economic and political interests
- Expansion was seen as a divine right, and rapid western settlement a moral imperative
- New opportunities to acquire land/resources in the new Republic
Reasons for Expansion
- Territories controlled or inhabited by Native Americans were seen as misused, abused and underutilized
- Expansion of American economic and political interests
What is the meaning of Progress?
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Keywords
- Disposess - To deprive (someone) of something that they own, typically land or property.
- Savage - a member of a people who are regarded as primitive and uncivilized.
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Sarah Winnemucca
Author, Educator, Interpreter and Military Scout
Highlights
- Birth name Thocmetony, born in Nebraska territory circa 1844
- Attended a school in San Jose until she was forced out.
- Sarah served as an interpreter for the U.S. government’s Indian agents
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Highlights
- Toured the country speaking out against the dispossession and condition of her people under the U.S. appointed agents and reservation systems.
- Wrote Life Among the Piutes and used proceeds to open a school on the reservation.
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Frontier Society
"Savages are to be curbed by fear only"
-Thomas Jefferson 1780
Keywords
- Pacification - The act of forcibly suppressing or eliminating a population considered to be hostile.
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Jackson's Rationale for Removal - 1829
- Civilizing Mission
- Ironically to avoid extinction and provide more freedom outside of individual state jurisdictions
- Steeped in stereotypes
"I ask you, shall red men live or shall they be swept from the earth?"
-Elias Boudinot
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Things to Consider
- Did the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River violate the principles found in the Declaration of Independence?
Things to Consider
- Read John Ross’s thoughts on removal and compare his sentiments to Sarah Winnemucca's last words on American Indian Policy.
- How do they frame the position of Native Americans after the removal policy has been implemented?
