What challenges did Plains Indians face in the 1850s?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:



  • Plains Indians confronted dramatic transformations in their way of life.


  • The Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole grappled with the task of rebuilding their political institutions.


  • In the 1850s, U.S. officials negotiated treaties with various Plains Indian groups to enable European Americans to move west without fear of attack.


  • As whites moved west in large numbers, they disregarded U.S. treaties and tribal boundaries and overran the fragile settlements of Indians.


  • Within a generation, the Plains Indians were besieged by the technology, weaponry, and the sheer numbers of newcomers heading west.

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