HIUS 221 Week 6 Mindtap Assignments solutions complete answers

HIUS 221 Week 6 Mindtap Assignments solutions complete answers 

 

Quiz Reforming the Young Republic

Which of these statements best represents how some workers responded to the demands of increased production with no wage increases?

They used the stringent labor laws of the time to sue any employer that did not provide a living wage.

They seized dozens of factories, later selling the buildings back to the companies to which they officially belonged.

They formed unions and used them to take actions such as striking and lobbying legislatures.

 

Which religion rose in prominence during the first half of the nineteenth century as founder Joseph Smith preached spiritual lessons he claimed to have learned from an angel?

Universalism

Shakerism

Mormonism

 

What change in family life during this era created a sense of disunion that fed the popularity of reform and revival movements?

Home foreclosures rose to such a high level that nearly half of all American families became homeless.

Huge increases in alcohol consumption led more men to become absentee fathers.

People began to move away from their parents at an earlier age.

 

Imagine that it is 1855, and you are a member of the Oneida Association. You are talking with a nonbeliever. Use the dropdown menus to complete the conversation.

NONBELIEVER: Excuse me, sir. I’m told you’re a member of that Oneida group from New York. I’ve heard quite a bit about your community.

YOU: Yes, ma’am. I don’t know what you’ve heard, but it’s a wonderful place. Like our founder, John Humphrey Noyes, we believe that people can.

NONBELIEVER: I have heard that, but I was also told that the group rejects marriage. Is that true?

YOU: It is indeed. Members of our community are all part of. This practice seems to fascinate outsiders, but to us it’s completely normal. And it’s not something that entirely defines who we are. Much of our time is spent manufacturing silverware and working to make our community a better place.

 

Imagine that it is 1848, and you are an anti-alcohol crusader. You engage a man in conversation as he is on his way into a saloon. Use the dropdown menus to complete the conversation.

YOU: Think about others when you partake in the evils of alcohol! Your loose morals aren’t just hurting yourself; the biggest victim is your.

SALOON PATRON: Back off, lady! I’ve had a long day, and if I want to get a little bright in the eye, who are you to stop me? You Washingtonians are always putting your noses where they don’t belong, and I will not be brought under the influence of the movement.

YOU: I am not warning you purely to cast judgment on you. My group can.

SALOON PATRON: No thanks! I’m going to get nice and sozzled! Sell it to the next guy.

 

Imagine that it is 1820, and you are the member of the Shaker religious movement. You are talking with a nonbeliever. Use the dropdown menus to complete the conversation.

YOU: Come! Confess your sins! Attend the with the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Coming! Secure your salvation while there’s still time!

NONBELIEVER: I’m not sure that kind of thing is for me. I’ve heard that everyone in your group. Is there any truth to that?

YOU: Indeed, sir! We believe that following this path keeps the body and soul pure and aids us on our godly path. But we also believe that any man or woman of any race can attain salvation. We oppose slavery and war and actively provide support for.

NONBELIEVER: Well, I agree with some of your values, but I’m still skeptical. Give me the information, and I’ll at least consider attending.

 

Quiz One Long Struggle toward Equality

Which of these businesses changed domestic life considerably for women during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Farms

Coppersmiths

Butcher shops

 

Orchards

Blacksmiths

Clothiers

 

Nickelodeons

Fisheries

Bakeries

 

In what way did many working-class women’s lives diverge from the ideal of domesticity in the first half of the nineteenth century?

They performed heavy farm labor, which was considered unfeminine.

They had to work outside of the home for wages, allowing less time to spend with their families.

They enjoyed rich social lives, which prevented them from caring for their children.

 

Which statement best describes a major change in the idealized view of women’s roles in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Women should be the moral centers of the home, providing a refuge from the outside world.

Women should protect the home, working to secure doors and windows and practicing marksmanship.

Women should go to work when their children are old enough to perform the duties of the household.

 

Although women had few political rights during the first half of the nineteenth century, they influenced society in which of these ways?

They strove to achieve legislative change through letter-writing campaigns.

They tried to have a nurturing influence through social reform.

They worked to have a calming effect through medical advocacy.

 

Which of these statements about women’s lives and the women’s movement during the first half of the nineteenth century are true? Check all that apply.

The early stages of the women’s movement were focused largely on gaining the right to vote.

When a woman married, her legal identity was subsumed under that of her husband.

Women’s rights crusaders initially avoided claiming that men and women were inherently equal.

Despite advocating equality for women, the first women’s right convention was closed to non-whites.

 

A woman’s property was completely controlled by her husband.

The first women’s right convention was conservative, demanding equality only in wages.

The women’s rights movement in the United States began with women involved in the abolitionist movement.

Early women’s rights activists worked almost exclusively within the Roman Catholic church.

 

The early stages of the women’s movement were focused mainly on women’s rights in the workplace.

Reformers held the first women’s rights convention in New York in 1848.

The racial scope of the women’s movement began to expand when Sojourner Truth shared her story.

When a woman married, she gave up her right to vote.

 

 

Which of the following did not occur at the Seneca Falls gathering?

The participants gathered together to discuss the rights and grievances of women, which led to the creation and approval of the Declaration of Sentiments.

The gathering asserted that all men and women were created equal.

As a gathering exclusively focused on the rights and grievances of women, men could not attend or participate in the meeting.

 

What did the Declaration of Sentiments contain?

It recognized the equality of men and women and stated the rights and limitations faced by women in society.

It included a statement that recognized the societal limitations faced by women but fell short of recognizing the equality of men and women.

It contained a statement on the antislavery movement and the budding religious revivals of the day.

 

Which of the following statements best describes the historical context in which the women’s movement emerged?

The women’s movement emerged independent of and separate from other reform efforts of the mid-nineteenth century.

Religious revivals inspired the women’s movement, which chose to remain separate from the antislavery movement.

The women’s movement emerged alongside many other reform movements, including the antislavery movement, which took their inspiration from religion and ideas of individualism.

 

Which of these parallels can be drawn between the women’s rights and antislavery movements?

Both inspired religious revivals and greater tolerance.

Both were inspired by religious revivals and a new ideal of an individual’s power to effect change.

Despite a multitude of other reform movements, these two occurred independent of them (and one another) as they had no religious connection.

 

Why was the Seneca Falls Convention significant?

It was the first event attended and supported by men as well as women.

It was the first time women openly spoke out against the patriarchal system in which they lived.

It and other events like it, slowly convinced lawmakers to give women more rights.

 

Which of the following rights were not among those on the list of grievances articulated at the Seneca Falls gathering?

The right to hold a job

The right to a college education

The right to retain custody of children in a divorce

 

Quiz Our Peculiar Institution

Select the state from each dropdown menu that best corresponds to each statement under the Action column.

Action
State
Was the last Northern state to pass a gradual abolition law
 
Passed a law in 1790 to make private manumission less difficult
 
Reported no slaves in the federal census in 1790
 
 

Action
State
This state’s Supreme Court outlawed slavery in 1783.
 
This state passed a law in 1787 to make private manumission easier.
 
This state passed a gradual abolition law in 1799.
 
 

Action
State
Passed the first abolition law
 
Passed a law in 1782 to make private manumission easier
 
Passed a gradual abolition law in 1784
 
 

Select the correct response from each dropdown menu to complete the sentences.

The region initially indicated that it would witness the gradual death of slavery with the end of the foreign slave trade. However, positive action would be necessary to end slavery.   , a slaveholder himself, supported gradual abolition in Virginia.

 

In the North, many free African Americans created institutions such as that fostered the growth of those communities. In addition, provided relief to poor widows and children.

 

As opposition to slavery grew in the Upper South, some slave owners in this region opted to . In part, this occurred due to the shift in the primary crop of this region from to wheat, a crop that required fewer field hands.

 

Which of the following was a concern for Southern leaders with regard to slavery in the early nineteenth century?

Leadership development among freed African Americans in urban areas

The growing population and power of the North

Federal mandates about the pricing of commodities farmed by slaves

 

Which piece of legislation was essential for maintaining the balance of power between North and South in the early nineteenth century?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Missouri Compromise

The Northwest Ordinance

 

Which of the following was an interest of Northerners with regard to slavery in the early nineteenth century?

Suppressing institutions run by freed slaves

Preventing the spread of slavery into new western states

Ensuring that Northerners would get good prices for slaves they sold in the Deep South

 

Quiz Debating and Opposing Slavery

Select the group that fits each description.

Description
Group
Purchased land in Africa to create a new country for freed slaves
 
Claimed that the duty of Christians was to cast out slaveholders
 
Argued that slavery violated the principle that all humans are equal in the eyes of God
 
 

Description
Term
Alternate term for Congress opting to table antislavery petitions
 
Argument that slaves were well taken care of by their masters
 
Tool for appealing to Southern ministers in the 1830s
 
 

Description
Person
Denied that slaves felt or owed bond to their masters
 
Was a major proponent of moral suasion as a strategy for abolition
 
Was the child of a slave owner who became an advocate for abolition
 
 

Select the correct response from each dropdown menu to complete the sentences.

The rebellion instigated by in 1831 required troops to be sent in. The state legislature engaged in heated debate about the future of slavery. Those who supported slavery were concerned that these debates.

 

The debates surrounding the expansion of slavery in provided inspiration for the attempted revolt by    in 1822. The revolt failed, however, because a alerted local whites before it could be carried out.

 

Many slaves, such as Frederick Douglass, opted for a nonviolent form of slave rebellion: escape. A network known as the made it possible for many thousands of people to secure freedom. One escaped slave, , became a leader of the organization. Her success spurred a group of to offer a $40,000 reward for her capture, which proved unsuccessful.

 

Quiz Taking Sides

Which of the following were components of Calhoun’s concept of nullification? Check all that apply.

The federal system divides sovereignty between the states and the nation as a whole.

Nullification only applies to taxation.

A nullification can only be overruled by three-fourths of the states.

The judicial branch is the ultimate arbiter of whether a law can be nullified.

 

Which of the following were arguments in favor of the “tariff of abominations”? Check all that apply.

It disproportionately affected the South.

It would help prevent federal debt.

It would increase the cost of manufactured goods.

It would provide money for defense.

 

Which of the following were arguments against the “tariff of abominations”? Check all that apply.

It would prevent federal debt.

It would threaten foreign markets for southern cotton.

It would help fund the military.

It would increase the price of manufactured goods in the South.

 

Determine which group is associated with each description.

Description
Anti-Masons
Unions
Irish Immigrants
Were perceived as a threat by many Protestant Americans
 
 
 
 
Held the first national political convention
 
 
 
 
Organized strikes
 
 
 
 
 

Description
Anti-Masons
Unions
Irish Immigrants
Supported Jackson’s anti-monopoly efforts
 
 
 
 
Tended to be young, single, and poor
 
 
 
 
Were opposed to secret organizations
 
 
 
 
 

Description
Anti-Masons
Unions
Irish Immigrants
Believed Andrew Jackson favored the South
 
 
 
 
Were subject to an anti-Catholic riot in Philadelphia
 
 
 
 
Wanted Jackson to do more to attack those with economic privilege
 
 
 
 
 

What did the Second National Bank ensure?

Lower interest rates for merchants and farmers

That state banks would have sufficient metal currency on hand

Financing for public infrastructure projects

 

Why were many Americans distrustful of the national bank?

It issued too little paper money.

It kept too much hard currency on hand.

It appeared to serve private interests with public money.

 

How did Jackson initiate the Bank War?

Through an executive order

By vetoing the rechartering of the bank

Through a referral of the issue to the judicial branch

 

Select the correct response from each dropdown menu to complete the paragraph.

General led Mexican forces against American settlers. After his capture and the establishment of an independent Texas in 1836, Texas became a state in 1845. In order to balance free states and slave states, the United States recognized as a free territory that same year, albeit with a boundary that only extended to the forty-ninth parallel.

 

Texas established a provisional government in and chose as commander of the army.

 

Mexico invited American settlers to Texas in hopes of populating the region. However, disagreements over led to a petition started by to establish Texas as a separate Mexican state.

 

Quiz Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

Which of the following statements regarding westward expansion is most accurate?

President Andrew Jackson created the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers to make sure development projects did not damage any natural wonders.

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson massively expanded U.S. borders with the Louisiana Purchase.

Lewis and Clark’s expedition was made much more difficult because the party had to build roads as they traversed the country.

 

Despite the concerns of farmers, Congress never passed a law legalizing the process known as preemption.

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted a new free state and a new slave state to preserve the balance of power in the Senate.

Private industry magnates masterminded westward expansion, with company executives signing the Louisiana Purchase and later selling much of the land to the U.S. government.

 

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led a group called the Corps of Discovery to record characteristics of newly acquired territory.

President Franklin Pierce established the General Land Office in order to identify new lands that could by acquired by the United States.

President John Tyler negotiated the Louisiana Purchase, which ceded Louisiana to France in exchange for large tracts of land in Mexico.

 

Which of the following statements regarding the Spanish influence in Florida is most accurate?

The Spanish were so concerned about the presence of the so-called Negro Fort that they poisoned every occupant.

Tensions between Spanish settlers and Anglo Americans were made worse by long-standing religious differences between the groups.

General Jackson took advantage of good relations with the Seminoles to form an alliance to wage guerilla warfare against the Spanish.

 

Which of the following statements regarding the War of 1812 is most accurate?

The French victory paved the way for successful completion of the Louisiana Purchase.

The U.S. victory weakened Native Americans by destroying their alliance with the British.

The British victory left a power vacuum in Florida that facilitated greater Spanish influence.

 

Which of the following statements regarding the early nineteenth-century U.S.–Canada border is most accurate?

In the Convention of 1818, President James Monroe set the border at the forty-ninth parallel.

During the 1815 peace, President Andrew Jackson continuously moved the Canadian border to the benefit of the United States.

In the Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817, President Millard Fillmore temporarily ceded most of present-day New England to Canada.

 

Which of the following statements regarding U.S. expansion are true? Check all that apply.

Named for the president who signed it, the Gadsden Purchase briefly put the country of Panama under U.S. rule.

The idea of manifest destiny originated with newspaper editor John Louis O’Sullivan, who argued that white Protestants had a God-given duty to expand geographically.

The United States tried to acquire Cuba by promising the ruling British government that the island would remain free from slavery.

The annexation of Texas was championed by Democrats, who feared it might fall under British influence and become an antislavery stronghold.

 

The United States expressed an interest in acquiring Cuba as early as 1848, when it offered to buy the island from Spain.

The doctrine of manifest destiny focused on the need to expand the country’s borders for the purpose of protecting the natural environment.

The Gadsden Purchase extended the trend begun by the Ostend Manifesto, which gave the United States control of the Alaskan territory.

President John Tyler made an effort to annex Texas, working with Democrats to keep the region out of British hands.

 

The final borders of the continental United States were set as the result of the Gadsden Purchase.

The doctrine of manifest destiny suggested that it was the divine mission of the United States to expand across the continent.

The annexation of Texas was first suggested by President James Buchanan, who wanted to extend slavery from coast to coast.

The United States tried to acquire Cuba as a part of the Louisiana Purchase, but France refused to make the sale.

 

Quiz Trails to the West

Imagine that it is 1844. You are a migrant on your way to the West, and you sit down one night after a long day on the trail to make an entry in your diary.

Select the correct response from each dropdown menu to complete the diary entry.

October 13, 1844

Dear Diary,

We have finally made it across the Rockies! It has been a grueling trip, to say the least. We left Missouri nearly six months ago and followed the Trail. At first, the traveling was easy. There was plenty of water and wood until we entered what is known as the Great American Desert, which was dry and windy. After two months, we reached Fort and the Continental Divide, where the water suddenly began to run to the instead of the east. I was overjoyed and assumed that the rest of the trip would be easy. How wrong I was!

At this point, the wagon train split into two groups. For the most part, those wagons containing like ours headed north to the Oregon Territory. Those wagons containing groups of single men headed south along the California Trail. I can tell you that I’ll never forget the Rockies! There were ascents up the mountain I thought the oxen would never make and descents down treacherous mountain passes that I was sure would end with our wagon crashing into the valley. I’ve never prayed so hard. But with God’s grace, we made it. God be praised!

 

Imagine that it is 1851. You are a California miner who sits down after a long day of panning gold to write a letter to your family back East.

Select the correct response from each dropdown menu to complete the letter.

March 4, 1851

Dearest Mother,

California is a living hell! The situation here is nothing like 1848, when gold was found on land and the gold rush began. I have heard that nearly 100,000 men made their way to California by the end of 1849 alone. These so-called could once expect to discover an ounce of gold a day, worth about $20. This is about twenty times what I made back in Ohio, working as a day laborer! Today, though, I’m lucky to make $10 a day, while most days it averages about $6. Although this might seem like a king’s ransom in Ohio, the cost of living out here in the gold rush region is high. Miners like me aren’t the ones making the money. It’s the entrepreneurs who are growing rich: men like the merchant Levi Strauss, who has grown wealthy selling tough, blue denim pants, and Collis P. Huntington, who has cornered the market on and marks up their price to ridiculous heights. Otherwise, it’s the big mining syndicates who can afford to bring in machines to dredge the streams, crush the rock, and process the ore at a rate that far surpasses a lone man’s capabilities.

The gold fields are a demanding, diverse, and dangerous place, Ma! I work all day long and make little profit. I sleep in a tent and cook over the fire, living side by side with poor but ambitious men from all over the world. There are thousands of men from China, drawn to the , as they call the gold rush region here in the mountains east of Sacramento. I fear that we all have been duped by the false hope of growing rich quickly.

I have enclosed $10 to help you and Dad with the spring planting. I was hoping to send more!

Your loving son,

Jonah

 

Imagine that it is 1852. You are a Mormon migrant to the West, and after a long day running your dry goods store, you sit down to write your younger brother a letter.

June 20, 1852

Dear Hyrum,

The Mormon state of is beautiful this time of year! I thank the Lord every day that we left Nauvoo, Illinois, some six years ago and made our way across the continent to the Great Salt Lake. Our leader, , has not only led us to the promised land but also directed our efforts to irrigate this arid land and construct a temple that will surpass the grandeur and gorgeousness of other holy sites. I was sad to see that Congress rejected our petition for statehood because of the practice of plural marriage, or. I do not plan to take more than one wife, and only about 15% of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints do, but plural marriage is a fundamental doctrine of our faith and must not be abandoned.

I hope that my letter finds you well and prosperous. I urge you once again to consider selling your farm and joining me in my dry goods store. I am making a small fortune to settlers on the trail to Los Angeles. With my salesmanship and your business savvy, we will surely grow rich!

How are your wife and children? Catherine and the girls send their love to you all.

Your devoted brother,

Joseph

 

 

Which two trails traverse the Continental Divide?

The Mormon and Salt Lake to Los Angeles Trails

The Cimarron Crossing and California Trails

The Oregon and Old Spanish Trails

 

The Continental Divide separates which of the following two regions?

The Gold Rush and Deseret Regions

The Deseret and Great American Desert Regions

The Gold Rush and Great American Desert Regions

 

Which geological feature separates the Deseret and Great American Desert Regions?

The Continental Divide

The Oregon Trail

The Missouri River

 

Which of the following descriptions best describes the location of the Yellowstone River?

East of the Continental Divide in the northern portion of the Unorganized Territory in the Great American Desert Region

East of the Continental Divide in the northern portion of the Unorganized Territory bordering the Oregon Trail

West of the Continental Divide in the northern portion of the Utah Territory in the Deseret Region

 

Which of the following descriptions best describes the location of the North Platte River?

It stretches between the Rocky Mountains and the Missouri River.

It is found west of the Continental Divide in the Deseret Region

It runs north-south to the west of the Gold Rush Region.

 

Which of the following descriptions best describes the location of the Colorado River?

South of the Cimarron Crossing Trail in the southern portion of the Great American Desert Region

West of the Continental Divide in the Deseret Region

East of the Continental Divide in the northern portion of the Unorganized Territory in the Great American Desert Region

 

Which of the following routes could migrants traveling from St. Louis, Missouri, to Chihuahua, Mexico follow?

The Santa Fé Trail to the Old Spanish Trail

The Santa Fé Trail to the Oregon Trail to the California Trail or Lassen’s Trail

The Santa Fé Trail, including the Cimarron Crossing Trail shortcut

 

Which of the following routes could migrants follow from Fort Laramie to the Gold Rush Region?

The Mormon Trail to the Oregon Trail to the Salt Lake to Los Angeles Trail

The Oregon Trail to the California Trail, with the option of taking Lassen’s Trail

The Oregon Trail to the Santa Fé Trail, with the option of picking up the Cimarron Crossing Trail

 

Which of the following routes could migrants traveling from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Gold Rush Region follow?

The Oregon Trail to the Salt Lake to Los Angeles Trail

The Mormon Trail to the Oregon Trail to the Salt Lake to Los Angeles Trail

The Mormon Trail to the Oregon Trail to the California Trail

 

 

What was the impact of the construction of railroads on the use of the Santa Fe Trail in the 1880s?

The Santa Fe Trail was no longer valued as a major highway for the transportation of goods and peoples between the western and eastern portions of the United States.

The construction of railroads boosted the use of the Santa Fe Trail by traders.

American tourists from eastern parts of the country who wanted to see the West used the Santa Fe Trail.

 

Which of the following statements best describes the value of the Santa Fe Trail during its use between 1821 and the 1880s?

The Santa Fe Trail provided missionaries with direct connections to surrounding Native American tribes.

The Santa Fe Trail provided for domestic and foreign economic development, facilitating trade, commerce, and settlement.

The Santa Fe Trail provided the Mexican government with a major highway to send immigrants into the United States.

 

What did the United States do with the Santa Fe Trail after gaining new territory from the Mexican-American War?

In addition to use of the trail for trade and commerce, it became a major route for American settlement in the western portions of the country.

The United States shut down travel on the trail to prevent continued trade and commerce.

The United States allowed the Mexican government to retain control over the trail and the traffic that traveled on it.

 

Quiz Getting to the Source: Economic Lens

Identify each statement about Jefferson’s secret message as either true or false.

Statement
True
False
Jefferson hopes to establish secure settlements along the Mississippi River.
 
 
 
Some of the land Jefferson is interested in is actually in the possession of another nation.
 
 
 
Jefferson believes that it may be possible to find a navigational route across the continent.
 
 
 
 

Statement
True
False
Jefferson genuinely believes that his plan will improve the lives of the Indians.
 
 
 
Jefferson likens an exploratory trip through the interior to earlier European discovery trips.
 
 
 
According to the document, Jefferson thinks a large force will be required in order to travel safely across the continent.
 
 
 
 

Statement
True
False
Jefferson thinks that he is proposing an equal exchange in which both the Indians and the United States benefit.
 
 
 
Jefferson does not anticipate encountering violent resistance from Indian tribes.
 
 
 
Jefferson is uninterested in knowing more about the continent’s geography.
 
 
 
 

Why does Jefferson anticipate that access to the Missouri River would open the fur trade to Americans?

Indians along the Mississippi were more hostile to Americans than Indians along the Missouri were.

Americans could use manufactured goods to convince Indians to trade with them exclusively.

The Missouri River, unlike the Mississippi River, does not ice over in winter.

 

Why does Jefferson anticipate that the other nation currently occupying the territory will not object to Lewis and Clark traveling through it?

He knows the French nation intends to sell its territory to the United States.

The United States and the other nation have an amiable relationship.

It appears to be a trip solely for exploration and driven by curiosity.

 

Why does Jefferson want to keep the true goals of the expedition a secret?

Competing nations and other interests might object.

Indian tribes might otherwise refuse to meet with Lewis and Clark.

Congress is opposed to territorial expansion.

 

Select the correct response from each dropdown menu to complete the sentence.

Jefferson believes that if American trading posts can capture the market by, the United States will easily accomplish two goals: earning the goodwill of the Indians and.

 

According to Jefferson, the Chickasaws are not. He suggests that the best strategy for managing them will be to.

 

Jefferson does not expect the exploratory expedition will encounter hostility from the Indians in the interior, which is evident because he imagines the party will be. He knows that the Chickasaws are.

 

 

Identify each statement about the journal entries of Lewis and Clark as either true or false.

Statement
True
False
It is not clear who authored these journals.
 
 
 
Lewis and Clark clearly distrust the Sioux.
 
 
 
Lewis and Clark can’t really make distinctions among the various tribes.
 
 
 
 

Statement
True
False
Smallpox caused the Indian nations the party encountered to blend their communities.
 
 
 
The authors are sympathetic to the Sioux.
 
 
 
The journal names three Indian tribes living in close proximity, but the Indians might say there were four, not three, distinct tribes in the area.
 
 
 
 

Statement
True
False
The Indians have come to rely on the Americans to help them negotiate intertribal politics.
 
 
 
Captain Clark wants the Mandans to think of him as their protector.
 
 
 
Lewis and Clark are completely unwilling to negotiate intertribal politics.
 
 
 
 

Why might the Americans’ involvement in intertribal politics be a problem?

The Americans plan to avenge the Mandans’ losses.

When they leave, their allies will be unprotected.

The presence of the Americans has driven away British traders with whom they had beneficial relationships.

 

According to the journal entry, why did the Sioux appear irritated with the Americans?

The Americans encouraged the Ricara nation, allies of the Sioux, to make peace with the Mandans, to whom they are hostile.

The presence of the Americans drove away British traders with whom they enjoyed beneficial relationships.

The Americans would not provide alcohol to them.

 

Why might the Mandans have had difficulty trusting the Americans?

They had not encountered white people before.

The Americans were clearly allies of the Sioux.

Other white people had not kept their promises.

 

Which statements best indicate how Lewis and Clark thought about the Indians? Check all that apply.

"The chief repeatedly thanked him for the fatherly protection he had given them, observing that . . . they would wipe their eyes and weep no more as they saw that their father would protect them."

"We advised them to continue at peace, that supplies of every kind would no doubt arrive for them, but that time was necessary to organize the trade."

"We gave him a twist of tobacco to smoke with his people, and a gold cord for himself: the Sioux also asked for whisky, which we refused to give them."

"He then told them that . . . he had come to assist his dutiful children."

 

Which statements best express the Americans’ intentions in coming to the Indians’ aid? Check all that apply.

"[W]e . . . wait with much anxiety the first return of spring to continue our journey."

"We advised them to continue at peace, that supplies of every kind would no doubt arrive for them, but that time was necessary to organize the trade."

"We gave them assurances that we would protect them from all their enemies."

"We thought this an excellent opportunity to discountenance the injurious reports against us."

 

Which quotations best indicate the ways in which the presence of the Americans affected the relationships among the Indian tribes? Check all that apply.

"The inhabitants of these five villages, all of which are within the distance of six miles, live in harmony with each other."

"They inform us that the Sioux . . . threaten to attack them this winter; [and] are much irritated at the Ricaras for having made peace through our means with the Mandans."

"Their long residence together has insensibly blended their manners, and occasioned some approximation in language, particularly as to objects of daily occurrence and obvious to the senses."

"The Mandans had told them that we meant to combine with the Sioux and cut them off in the course of the winter: a suspicion increased by the strength of the fort, and the circumstance of our interpreters having been removed there with their families."

 

 

How does the expedition advance Jefferson’s goal of "develop[ing] to [the Native Americans] the wisdom of exchanging what they can spare and we want, for what we can spare and they want"?

Lewis and Clark promise to provide supplies and manufactured goods, including arms, to them.

Lewis and Clark point out that they do not use the land they live on very productively.

Lewis and Clark arrange to cultivate some of the Mandans’ land.

 

In what way does the Lewis and Clark journal demonstrate how the expedition fulfilled Jefferson’s mandate to "enlarge the boundaries of knowledge"?

The explorers described the forms of artistic expression found among various Native American tribes.

The journal details the native flora and fauna the explorers encountered.

The explorers noted the histories of the Native American tribes they encountered in great detail.

 

Why is the Lewis and Clark expedition traveling through the area inhabited by the Mandans, the Ahnahaways, and the Minnetarees?

The tribes live along the Missouri River, an area Jefferson wanted to explore.

The tribes are friendly and have rescued the expedition from a difficult winter.

The tribes live along the Mississippi River, an area Jefferson wanted to explore.

 

On which of Jefferson’s goals does the expedition journal reflect no progress? Check all that apply.

"The river Missouri, and the Indians inhabiting it, are not as well known as is rendered desirable by their connexion with the Mississippi, and consequently with us."

"The portion of [the Chickasaws’] country most important for us is exactly that which they do not inhabit."

"The Legislature, reflecting on the late occurrences on the Mississippi, must be sensible how desirable it is to possess a respectable breadth of country on that river."

"Multiply trading houses among them, and place within their reach those things which will contribute more to their domestic comfort."

 

On which of Jefferson’s goals does the expedition journal reflect direct effort or progress? Check all that apply.

"The portion of [the Chickasaws’] country most important for us is exactly that which they do not inhabit."

"[We must] place within their reach those things which will contribute more to their domestic comfort."

"The river Missouri, and the Indians inhabiting it, are not as well known as is rendered desirable by their connexion with the Mississippi, and consequently with us."

"That it should incidentally advance the geographical knowledge of our own continent, cannot be but an additional gratification."

 

If, as Jefferson hopes, the United States succeeds in establishing new trading posts, how might this change the lives of the Native Americans Lewis and Clark encountered? Check all that apply.

Seeing a reliable opportunity for trade, some tribes might be less likely to believe rumors about the Americans' intentions.

The Sioux will stop treating the Mandans with hostility.

The tribes that live alongside each other will adopt each other's languages and customs.

The Assinboins will no longer hold such power over the Mandans.