Question

What effect did victory in the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent have on Native Americans?(4 points)ResponsesIt secured their land claims east of the Mississippi River.It secured their land claims east of the Mississippi River.It led Native Americans to form a confederation to resist U.S. expansion.It led Native Americans to form a confederation to resist U.S. expansion.It opened lands in the Great Lakes region to U.S. settlement.It opened lands in the Great Lakes region to U.S. settlement.It compelled most Native Americans to migrate north to British Canada.It compelled most Native Americans to migrate north to British Canada.

Answer 1

It opened lands in the Great Lakes region to U.S. settlement.

The British abandonment of their Native allies in the Treaty of Ghent (and the death/defeat of Tecumseh’s confederacy) crushed Native resistance in the Old Northwest, leaving those lands vulnerable to American settlement and removed any hope of a British-backed barrier to U.S. expansion.