US policies

• what year was the Indian appropriations act?

  1851
• what did the Indian appropriations act mean?

  it persuaded the Indian nations to agree to the reservations by giving them resources and money
• what year was the Indian trade and intercourse act passed?

  1834
• who was guarding the Indian frontier?

  US army
• what did the Indian trade and intercourse act state?

  all Indian territory was west of the Mississippi River
• what did the Indian trade and intercourse act create?

  the permanent Indian frontier which separated indigenous and white americans
• was the permanent Indian frontier successful at first?

  yes, in the 1830s only a few white migrators crossed the border but not enough to cause major problems
• what happened when the USA won a war with Mexico?

  gained land In the west leaving indigenous land in the centre of the USA
• what happened to the permanent Indian frontier from 1848?

  the permanent Indian frontier was still in place however it was no longer the case that white americans could not cross the frontier
• what did the Indian appropriations act do?

  • provided government money to place indigenous peoples onto reservations
  • hunting land added to reservations so they could still hunt buffalos
  • reduced the amount of land available for hunting in hopes they would take up farming like white americans