HIUS 221 Week 5 Mindtap Answers

Which of the following Native American groups actively opposed white encroachment on western lands? Check all that apply. Groups led by the Shawnee Indians Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh Creek leaders who sold land to Anglo-Americans Groups led by accommodationist leaders of the Mississippi The Red Sticks, comprised of militant nativist Creeks and Seminoles Points: 1 / 1 Close Explanation Explanation: As tensions flared between Great Britain and the United States, Anglo-Americans worried that the British would stoke Native American discontent that would foster an alliance between the two. However, Native Americans did not need the British to provide them with reasons to take issue with Anglo-Americans as white settlers poured onto Indian lands in steadily increasing numbers. Some Native American groups had strong nativist beliefs, or opinions that favor the preservation of a given native group over a given immigrant group. Groups led by Shawnee brothers Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh and the militant Red Sticks actively opposed white settlement in the West, which was made possible by the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and land sales made by accommodationist Native American leaders in the Mississippi region. Which of the following conditions did not inspire some Washington officials to seek a declaration of war