How long did the "Indian for All Tribes" group occupy Alcatraz?
19 months
A poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses is known as:
Gentrification
Where is Alcatraz located?
San Francisco, CA
True or False? The Red Power movement was a social movement led by Native Americans to demand rights for Native Americans in the US.
True
This Act granted Americans plots of land for a small fee; forced Native Americans onto reservations.
Homestead Act
True or False? A State is an entity with boundaries.
True
True or False? The Indian for All Tribes group occupied Alcatraz in an effort to take back their land.
True
A tract of land for Native Americans to live on is known as:
Reservation
To refuse a loan (or insurance) to someone because they live in an area deemed to be a poor financial risk is known as
Redlining
True or False? The Doctrine of Discovery laid the foundation for Europeans to control new lands and remake them in their own image.
True
Any sovereign peoples inhabiting a place before colonization are known as:
Indigenous Peoples
True or False? Sovereignty is the authority to govern itself.
True
True or False? The Doctrine of Discovery states that when a nation “discovers” land, it directly acquires rights on that land.
True
True or False? The Dawes Act allowed the government to divide tribal lands into individual plots.
True
What is the action of taking possession of a mortgaged property when the mortgagor fails to keep up the payments?
Foreclosure
True or False? The Indian Removal Act forced almost 50,000 Native Americans to relocate from Southeast U.S. to Indian Territory.
True
The idea that the United States is destined by God to expand across the entire North American continent is known as:
Manifest Destiny
What was another name for Alcatraz?
The Rock
Prior to the Red Power Occupation, what was Alcatraz used for?
Prison
True or False? Indigenous peoples are sovereign peoples who inhabited North America before colonization.
False
A group of people with a common language, history, and culture is known as:
Nation
True or False? The Indian Appropriations Act moved Native American tribes onto Indian Reservations.
True
What does this image of Columbia personify?
the United States