1B#1 Expansion

Benchmark 1-B: United States:

Analyze and interpret major eras, events and individuals from the periods of exploration and colonization through the Civil War and Reconstruction in United States history.

#1 Standard with Test Specifications:

Analyze United States political policies on expansion of the United States into the southwest (e.g., Mexican cession, Gadsden purchase, broken treaties, long walk of the Navajos).

Specifications:

● Interpret the terms for acquisition of both the Mexican Cession and the Gadsden Purchase

● Identify the negative impact of broken treaties and attempts at Native American assimilation

● Analyze policies leading to the Navajo Long Walk and Apache Wars

Sample Question:

The U.S. government created a new Indian policy centered on education in the late 1800s. What was government’s purpose in supporting Indian boarding schools during this period?

A. The government wanted the Indian children to assimilate. *

B. The government wanted the Indian children to learn to speak Spanish.

C. The government hoped that the Indian children would become railroad workers.

D. The government wanted to preserve native culture among Indian children.