Oklahoma History 6/7

Manifest Destiny

the idea that the United States is destined by God, to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent

The government could either ____ or _____ the natives.

assimilate (make part of one's culture) or eliminate (kill)

a law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the Union, when a territory has 60,000 residents they can apply for statehood

Northwest ordinance of 1787

First state to become a state out of the Louisiana Purchase in 1812

Louisiana

Oklahoma was apart of which territories before it became Indian Territory?

Missouri and Arkansas

new states north of the line could not have slaves but new southern states could (Oklahoma could have slaves)

Missouri Compromise

Salina

the oldest permanent white settlement in Oklahoma

Matthew Arbuckle

Established Fort Gibson and Fort Towson, the first federal fort in Indian Territory

Fort Towson

along the Red river for border protection with Mexico

Indian Territory

Oklahoma, parts of Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado

Five civilized tribes?

Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole

Top 3 missionary religions?

Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist

Sequoyah (George Guess)

developed the Cherokee alphabet and numbering system, he made a symbol for every sound

Samuel Worcester

translated the bible into Cherokee

Treaty of Doak's Stand 1820

Choctaws signed which gave up their land in Mississippi for Indian Territory, very few left (little to no force)

A treaty signed with some Choctaw leaders that gave more than 7.5 million acres of their land to the state of Mississippi, very disorganized and they were forced to leave; reference to trail of tears

Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek 1830

Natives did not believe in..

the concept of owning land

Chief of the Cherokee

John Ross

known as the Creek tribe, which was made up of many different tribe but they all spoke the same language with slight variations

Muscogee Nation

William McIntosh

Creek Chief who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825, which gave all remaining Creek lands in Georgia to the federal government. He was killed by his people for breaking Native American law.

the Chickasaw removal treaty, smoothest removal

Treaty of Patonc Creek

Worchester vs. Georgia

Cherokee court case to stay in their land, when gold was discovered they were forced out

Which Cherokee leaders agreed to signing a treaty to leave their land after being reluctant?

Elias Boudino, John Ridge, and Stand Watie

Only leader not killed by the time Cherokee made it from Georgia to Oklahoma?

Stand Watie

a treaty between the U.S. Government and a minority representation of the Cherokee tribe that ceded all Cherokee land in the Southeast to the United States and allowed for their move to Indian territory (Oklahoma)

Treaty of New Echota

Chief of the Seminoles that went to war with the US, fought for 7 years and cost the US 20 million dollars

Osceola

Least civilized of the five civilized tribes?

Seminole

Called for the removal of the Seminoles to Creek land in Indian territory.

Treaty of Fort Gibson

Montfort Stokes

picked to lead a commission to help the Natives settle

Fort Coffee

one of the first forts built in Indian Territory

Fort Washita

in south central Oklahoma and along the Washita river

Fort Cobb

protects plain tribes from civilized tribes moving west

What happened when a new state was formed?

The natives in that state were forced into Indian Territory

What was wrong with the government supply of monthly staples of food for Natives?

it would show up ruined or stolen

Upper Creeks came after the Lower Creeks, and moved along the ______________ river.

Canadian

Council Hill

the capital established by lower and upper creeks, near present day muskogee

Roley McIntosh

leader of the Lower Creeks at Council Hill

Lead the upper Creeks

Opothleyahola

Creeks lived around the Arkansas river and benefited from its....

fertile soil

How did Chickisaws suffer and benefit from their location in Indian Territory? (along the red river)

Park Hill Mission

served as a hub for many occasions

Tahlequah

Capital of the Cherokee Nation

Samuel Wooster

established the Park Hill Press

The Cherokee Advocate

newspaper of the Cherokees

William P. Ross

first editor of the Cherokee Advocate and later became the chief editor