AMH 2020 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Great Sioux Nation, Mexican Cession, Great Salt Lake
14 Mar 2018
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Most of the peoples speaking a siouan language were members of the seven fires council the most dominant tribe being the lakota. Originally planned to be the location of the transcontinental railroad, this land was purchased from mexico for ten times the amount paid for the mexican cession. Considered to be plateau indians; that is, they inhabited the high plateau region between the. They were the dominant tribe on the southern plains and often took captives from weaker tribes during warfare, selling them as slaves to the spanish and later mexican settlers. They also took thousands of captives from the spanish, mexican, and american settlers. Purchased from napoleon by thomas jefferson, for ,000,000 doubled the size of the united. Became the leading cattle exporter in the country. Formerly the republic of texas, broke from mexico after a revolution the annexation of texas was the direct cause of the mexican-american war.
