Changing relationships (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards

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Changing relationships
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Manifest Destiny

Belief that God gave white settlers the right to own land

White settlers' arrival on Great Plains (decade)

1840s

Plains Indians' view of land ownership

Did not believe in owning land like settlers

Importance of horses to Plains Indians

Essential for survival

White settlers' view of scalping

Barbaric

Plains Indian governance method

Community discussion and consensus-building

White settlers' land use preference

Permanent boundaries and fences

Plains Indians' land use approach

Shared and used communally

Polygamy

Having multiple wives

California Gold Rush migration surge years

1849-1850

Trail used by migrants in 1849-1850

Oregon Trail

Impact of migrants on buffalo herds

Disrupted and displaced by wagon trains

5 areas of cultural misunderstanding

Warfare, religion, land, family life, government

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