Expansion and Competing Claims

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil; drawing or spoken answers are welcome.
• Topic notes: Native sovereignty: a Native nation’s authority to govern itself. Settler land claim: a newcomer’s assertion of entitlement to land. Economic motive: a stated material or production goal. Slavery debate: a conflict over slavery’s status in expanding territories.
• Original exercise cards: A card describes a Native nation asserting self-government. / A historical-style card describes settlers claiming a farm site. / A card describes interest in mining profits. / A card describes disagreement over allowing slavery in a territory. / A card describes newcomers seeking land ownership. / A card describes a plan to expand crop production. / A card describes a political dispute about slavery’s expansion. / A card describes Native treaty-making and governing institutions.

Learn the idea

Westward expansion involved conflicting land claims, migration, economic goals and debates about slavery. A settler’s plan is not evidence that land was empty. Native sovereignty concerns a nation’s self-government. Comparing accounts requires identifying each claim and its power context rather than assuming equal control.

Native sovereignty: a Native nation’s authority to govern itself. Settler land claim: a newcomer’s assertion of entitlement to land. Economic motive: a stated material or production goal. Slavery debate: a conflict over slavery’s status in expanding territories.

Identify the stated claim: Native self-government, a settler’s land claim, an economic goal or a dispute over expanding slavery. Read the notes and the word cards. You can write, draw or say your answer.

1. Read the four notes. Find the words Native sovereignty, Settler land claim, Economic motive, Slavery debate.
2. Identify the stated claim: Native self-government, a settler’s land claim, an economic goal or a dispute over expanding slavery.
3. Read the worked answer. Then try the other cards and explain which words helped you choose.
4. Choose two different examples: one for Native sovereignty and one for Settler land claim. Explain how their clues differ.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

New card: “A card describes Native treaty-making and governing institutions.” Match it with a note, then point to or say the words that helped. Check: The card says: “A card describes Native treaty-making and governing institutions.” That matches Native sovereignty. Native sovereignty is a Native nation’s authority to govern itself.

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