8.3a - Expansion and Imperialism: - Practices A through E

New travel routes and survey work brought more U.S. activity into areas Native peoples depended on.

Most conflicts ended because the U.S. Army refused to protect settlers and workers.

Conflicts mainly happened because both sides misunderstood each other’s languages.

The report proves Native Americans had already agreed by treaty to give up all nearby land.

The report is dated and sent to a military superior.

The officer describes escorting a railroad survey party to a crossing point.

The document contains a signature and official markings.

The officer uses formal language and military titles.

It gives only an Army officer’s perspective and may not include Native American viewpoints.

It was created too long after the conflict to be considered a primary source.

Because it is a government document, it cannot contain any factual information.

It focuses only on weather conditions and never mentions people or land.

Officials issue orders for troops to relocate closer to the work route.

A dated report notes railroad crews entering the valley or beginning survey work.

The circular records that violence has already ended and the area is peaceful again.

The government announces the conflict had nothing to do with land or resources.

Expansion-related activity is described, followed by escalating warnings and military responses.

The dates show that officials wrote the circular long before any expansion happened.

The sequence proves tensions were caused only by weather and geography, not people.

The chronology shows conflict decreased as travel routes and work crews expanded.

It lists official reports but may leave out events outside government attention.

It includes dates, which always make a document unreliable.

It was written in the 1800s, so it cannot be used as evidence today.

It is handwritten, so it cannot show the order of events.

Document C is more likely to include persuasive language, while a field report is more likely to focus on orders and observed conditions.

Document C is guaranteed to be neutral, while a field report is always exaggerated propaganda.

Both sources usually avoid describing conflict because they were written for private diaries.

A field report is less useful than a newspaper because official sources cannot be evidence.

A claim that the new route will bring more people and supplies into the area.

The type size and column layout used by the newspaper.

That the newspaper uses a dateline and headline.

That the paper was printed on thin, fragile newsprint.

Railroad expansion often brought new settlers, markets, and military activity that increased competition for land and resources.

Because the article is old, everything in it must be completely accurate.

Newspapers always represent the views of Native American communities more than settlers.

If the author sounds worried, the conflict must have been caused only by bad weather.

The river crossing labeled along the survey route.

The decorative compass rose in the corner.

The blank space with no labels on the map.

The paper’s fold lines and stains.

The route could increase contact in areas used for resources, raising the risk of conflict.

The route proves the boundary line did not exist during the 1870s.

The map shows that conflict was caused only by drought and storms.

The route guarantees that all groups would agree on land use.

The fort’s location near the route and crossing.

The handwriting style used for labels.

The exact shade of the paper.

That the map includes a title at the top.

The document divides land into measured parcels that can be assigned and transferred.

The document proves all land was shared equally by all groups without ownership.

The document shows that conflict ended because land had no value to settlers.

The document explains that railroads stopped expanding after 1887.

Officials expected land not assigned to individuals could be opened for sale or settlement.

Officials intended to stop all settlement by removing land from the market.

The policy guaranteed higher wages for railroad workers in every region.

The policy was mainly designed to reduce the value of land so no one would move west.

Prices paid for surplus land and who was allowed to purchase it.

The color of the paper and ink used in the table.

Whether the clerk who typed it had neat handwriting.

The number of paragraphs in the document’s closing statement.