Impact of Westward expansion

what was the main reason why the position of Native Americans were under threat by 1865?

was the impact of Westward expansion

What had American governments encouraged settler-colonists to do? What happened as a result?

move west to open up the rest of the continent for the growing population and because of a belief in Manifest Destiny (a belief that it was Americans’ God-given right to settle the rest of the content). As a result, the Native Americans were gradually driven out of their traditional lands.

What did the 1890 Removal Act?

had seen tribes moved from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia on the Great Plains in Oklahoma, which was designated as Indian Territory

When did this process of moving tribes continue into? What did this encourage settlers to move to as well?

continued into the 1840s as trails or tracks originally used by fur trappers or mineral prospectors earlier in the century provided routes to the West and encouraged settlers to move to the fertile lands of Oregon and the discovery of gold and other minerals in the region (1849 Gold discovered in America)

What did the New settlers displace in these areas?

The tribes already in those areas

who were many of these Native Americans? what would happen to Native Americans if they stayed and if they moved to the Plains?

fishers and if they stayed, they were deprived of their fishing rights, but if they moved inland to the Plains, they could no longer continue their traditional practice and so died out

where did the Westward expansion take the settlers?

Beyond the Appalachian Mountains, which had acted as a natural Frontier or barrier between settlers and Native Americans, and on to the Great Plains, where many of the NAs lived

which treaty made the Native Americans hand their land over to the US government? Which tribes were targetted?

fort Lara mine 1868 - Arapho, Lakota, Sioux