Definitions and Effects of Annexation

Which is the best definition of annexation?

• gaining territory from another country through payment

• the act of adding new territory to a country

• a formal agreement between two or more nations

• the act of giving up territory to another country

Which is the best definition of cession?

• gaining territory from another country through payment

• the act of adding new territory to a country

• a formal agreement between two or more nations

• the act of giving up territory to another country

Which is the best definition of treaty?

• gaining territory from another country through payment

• the act of adding new territory to a country

• a formal agreement between two or more nations

• the act of giving up territory to another country

Which is the best definition of sovereignty?

• a group of people under the control of another country

• the right of a group of people to rule themselves

• shared rule between a group of people and a larger country

• a person who has supreme power or authority over a country

Which is the best definition of reservation?

• an area of land set aside for a particular group of people

• an area of land available for all people

• an area of land off limits to all people

• an area of land taken away from a group of people

Which is the best definition of assimilation?

• the act of choosing to keep your own culture

• the process of adopting the culture of a different group

• creating a different culture separate from everyone else

• forcing a culture onto reservations

Why did the US government develop Native American reservations?

• to give Native Americans more and better land

• to make it easier for Native Americans to keep their own culture

• to increase Native American representation in the US government

• to free up land for settlement and reduce conflict

Which of the following are effects of assimilation on Native Americans? (choose 2 of 4)

• they lose traditional language, religion, and lifestyle

• they don’t feel connected to either Native American or white culture

• they were successfully assimilated into white culture

• they received education and entered the business world in large numbers

Which of the following is NOT true about the experience American Indians had during Westward Expansion?

• American Indians lost land and were forced to live on reservations.

• The U.S. government made and broke many promises with American Indians.

• The Dawes Act allowed American Indians to regain some lost land.

• American Indians were forced to relocate multiple times during the 1800s.

During the late 1800s, American Indians experienced

• A gain of land they had lost during the 1700s.

• A complete loss of all reservation lands.

• Renewed efforts to protect American Indian customs.

• An effort by the government to make them more “Americanized.”