Oklahoma History: Chapters 5 & 6

The following statements reflect president Thomas Jeffersons view of Native Americans in the united states.

He Believe Native Americans to be in body and mind equal to the white man, they should voluntarily move in order to change their environment to more of the white mans ways, and they should shift from a hunting society to a more agrarian "farming" society

The oldest permanent white settlement in Oklahoma was established as a trading post located in

Salina

At the battle of cutthroat gap who attacked who

Osage attacked and killed the kiowa

According to the north west coordinates how many residents did a territory need to seek statehood

60,000

The Osage traded hunting land to the Cherokee for cash and gifts in what treaty

Lovely's Purchase

The Fort Colonel Arbuckle built near the site where the Red and Kiamichi rivers meet is

Fort Towson

The president most associated with the forced removal of the southeastern Indians

Andrew Jackson

The intent of the Indian removal act was to

negotiate treaties to remove native Americans from the southeastern part of the states

The removal of most tribes to areas west of the Mississippi River was hampered by

Disease, starvation, and poor weather

The first eastern tribe to be removed to lands west of the Mississippi River was the

Choctaw

Which of the following leaders was not killed as a result of signing treaties to remove native Americans

Greenwood Leflore

The term trail of tears is thought to have originated with which tribe

Cherokee

Be able to label a map of Indian Territory with where each Tribe was allocated land.

See map on review

Sequoyah called white man's ability to communicate on paper

"Talking Leaves"

Communicating via marks on paper was thought to be part of

witchcraft

The oldest field sport in America and is similar to modern-day lacrosse

Stickball

This tribe claims to be the only tribe that never surrendered

Seminole

These were built to protect and control the Native Americans

Military posts/Forts

The 2 earliest Forts built in Indian Territory were

Fort Gibson and Fort Smith

Worcester v. Georgia

The court sided with the Cherokee Tribe however, President Jackson refused to enforce the decision.

Light Horsemen

Indian police forces of the Choctaw and the Chickasaw

Tishomingo

The town where the Chickasaw tribe drew up its Constitution, and became its capital.

John Ross

He was the Principal Chief/President of the Eastern Cherokee Tribe who tried to use legal means to fight against removal

Tahlequah

Capital of the Cherokee Nation selected in 1840

Seminole

Were forced to locate in an area already occupied by the Creek

American Bison

The largest land mammal in North America, approximately 1.25 million bison across the country, created wallows that can still be found in Oklahoma hundreds of years later

What caused the decline of the Bison population in the late 1800's?

They were slaughtered in tremendous numbers by white hunters

Name the 5 civilized tribes

Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole