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Settling the West
1850s-1900
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“THE WEST”
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Mining CentersMining CentersVirginia City
Comstock Lode
City of Comstock Lode:Frontier City to BOOM TOWN. Had an Opera house and first 6 story hotel that had and ELAVATOR!
“BIG BONAZA”
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ProspectingProspecting
The Gold Rush Swarmed in… all looking to get RICH overnight!
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• Dry farming Allows cultivation of arid (dry) land by using drought-resistant
crops and various techniques to minimize evaporation.
**WHEAT**
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Invention of Barbed WireInvention of Barbed Wire
Joseph GliddenJoseph Glidden
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•Barbed wire fence was a lifesaver because of
the lack of wood in the dry plains of
America. •Barbed wire also
solved the problems between farmers and
ranchers.
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Allowed farmers to cut through dense, root-choked sod.
Steel Plow
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Reduced labor force needed for harvest. Allows farmers to maintain larger farms.
Mechanized Reaper
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Powers irrigation systems and pumps up ground water.
Steel Windmill
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Homestead Act was a law developed in 1862 by Congress to promote settlement of the Great Plains.
Age 21 and the head of the family could have 160 acres of land if they
improved it in five years
Could buy it for a small amount of $$$
The US Government encouraged westward expansion and the
Homestead Act allowed thousands of settlers to move west and start new
lives.
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A Pioneer’s Sod House, SD A Pioneer’s Sod House, SD
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Population Changes in the West,
1850 to 1900
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• May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah • “The Wedding of the Rails”
• Central Pacific and Union Pacific
• Government supported speedy construction by giving LAND GRANTS to
RR Co.
• May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah • “The Wedding of the Rails”
• Central Pacific and Union Pacific
• Government supported speedy construction by giving LAND GRANTS to
RR Co.
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Promontory, Utah
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Transformation of the West: 1st Transcontinental RR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJHAa2u9t-0
10 min
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U.S. Indian Policy
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Tribes of the Great
PlainsSioux
CheyenneCrow
ArapahoKiowa
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Map 13 of 45
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Skull
• Massacre of Buffalo
• Take away the food
source from the Native American and they will be
forced to submit and go to the
reservations.
• Massacre of Buffalo
• Take away the food
source from the Native American and they will be
forced to submit and go to the
reservations.
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•1871 to 1875, the US supported the extermination of 11 million buffalo.
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Differences in land ownershipRailroad
Settlers trespassing on Indian Land
Discovery of goldSlaughter of the buffalo
Broken treaties
clash
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Dawes Act of 1887Quicker Americanization
Assimilate, mainstreamed and absorbed into US societyAdopt Christianity and White education Individual land ownership
Abandon tribe, culture and become farmers Male claimed 160 acres of landChildren would be sent to Indian schoolsFarm land for 25 years. 1924 gain citizenship and right to voteFailed policy
Indian resistance and corruption
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Indian Assimilation Attempts• Native American children were taken to
off-reservation Indian schools where they would be taught white man’s ways.
• ASSIMILATE- To absorb one into a culture
• Native American children were taken to off-reservation Indian schools where
they would be taught white man’s ways.
• ASSIMILATE- To absorb one into a culture
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Dawes Act (1887)Dawes Act (1887)
Carlisle Indian School, PACarlisle Indian School, PA
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• Discovery of gold
was often on Indian
land.
• Some of the key battles fought were
around the mining
areas.
• Discovery of gold
was often on Indian
land.
• Some of the key battles fought were
around the mining
areas.
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Gold!Gold! Gold discovered in the
Black Hills. Govt. tries to purchase
the land, but the Sioux refuse.
Gold fever and miners refuse to respect Sioux
land….. Conflict erupts!
Gold discovered in the Black Hills.
Govt. tries to purchase the land, but the Sioux
refuse. Gold fever and miners
refuse to respect Sioux land…..
Conflict erupts!
There goes the neighborhood!
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Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse Sitting Bull (Sioux) and
Crazy Horse (Cheyenne) were two chiefs who refused to sign the treaty.
They defiantly left the reservation.
"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk" Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull (Sioux) and Crazy Horse (Cheyenne) were two chiefs who refused to sign the treaty.
They defiantly left the reservation.
"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk" Crazy Horse
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Little Big Horn River, Montana - 1876 George Armstrong
Custer was sent to force the Sioux, Cheyenne and
Arapaho back to their reservations.
He was in command of the 7th
Calvary. June 26, 1876
George Armstrong Custer was sent to
force the Sioux, Cheyenne and
Arapaho back to their reservations.
He was in command of the 7th
Calvary. June 26, 1876
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The Battle of Little Big Horn 1876
The Battle of Little Big Horn 1876
He was heavily outnumbered and trapped.Custer & all 220 of his men died.“Custer’s Last Stand” outraged Americans and
led to govt. retribution.The Sioux and Cheyenne were crushed within a
year.
He was heavily outnumbered and trapped.Custer & all 220 of his men died.“Custer’s Last Stand” outraged Americans and
led to govt. retribution.The Sioux and Cheyenne were crushed within a
year.
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Little Big Horn
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Little Bighorn
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Little Bighorn
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Painting-Little Bighorn
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Battle of Wounded Knee• Last of the Indian
Battles
• “Ghost Dance”-sacred ritual expressing a vision that buffalo would return and the white man would vanish
• On the morning of December 29, 1890 the troops went into the camp to stop the “Ghost Dance” fearing it would cause an uprising
• ~200 men, women, and children, as well as some of their own fellow soldiers.
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Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885), activist for Native American rights and author of Century of Dishonor
(1881)Heightened public awareness of the
federal government’s long record of betraying and cheating Native
Americans.When Jackson sent a copy to every
member of Congress with the following admonition printed in red
on the cover: "Look upon your hands: they are stained with the blood
of your relations."
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• 1890United States Census Bureau announced the official end of the frontier. • In 1893, historian Frederick Jackson
Turner claimed that the frontier had played a key role in forming the American
character. • The Turner Thesis, stated that frontier life
created Americans who were socially mobile, ready for adventure, bent on
individual self-improvement, committed to democracy and able to withstand difficult
times to accomplish the American Dream…
Frederick Jackson Turner
“RUGGED INDIVIDUALIST”The frontier created the American character of one who was self-sufficient, persistent and
able to withstand difficult times to accomplish the American Dream…
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Frontier Life comes to close 6.07