Unit 9 - Westward Settlement

provide land to minority groups

resolve conflicts with Native American

Indians

encourage settlement west of the Mississippi

River

support settlement of former plantation lands

creating a system of dams for crop irrigation

providing free land to settlers

removing all restrictions on immigration

placing Native American Indians on

reservations

Factors Encouraging Westward Settlement

Government-Sponsored Transportation Programs

Recognition of Native American Indian Land

Rights

Actions Promoting the Conservation of

Natural Resources

limit the power of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

return eastern land to Native American Indian tribes

encourage Native American Indians to give up their traditional cultures

hire Native American Indians as military scouts

to provide a tribal legislature to govern all reservations

to remove the Cherokees from the southeastern United States

to strengthen Native American Indian tribal unity

to encourage assimilation of Native American Indians

train future leaders in tribal traditions

prepare children for life on the reservation

teach skills needed for working in factories

promote cultural assimilation