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West; 1.1 What was the importance of the west? Farming, mining, ranching Expanding the Nations boundaries
1.1 Manifest Destiny- Belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across North America
1.1 Homestead Act- Free land of 160 acres out west
1.1 Transcontinental RxR- Safer and quicker transportation
1.1 Exodusters- African American moved west after Reconstruction failure
Life on the Great Plains; FARMERS Sad House/Soddy- Made from grass and soil; small houses
Life on the Great Plains: John Deere- Plow; steel; expensive
Life on the Great Plains: Cyrus McCormick- Reaper, cuts down wheat
Life on the Great Plains: Joseph Glidden- barbed wire, keeps intruders out
Life on the Great Plains: Dry farming- Use of little rain
Life of a Cowboy Description: Beef Ship Cattle through east (RxR) Mexican Vaqueros influence cowboy's
Life of a Cowboy Long drive- Cowboys drive cattle to via trails in Texas
In Search of Treasure: After Gold Rush Description: Gold and Silver; Colorado, Montana, The Dakotas Copper; New Mexico and Arizona
In Search of Treasure: After Gold Rush Lode- Mining and hunting for the richest vein of a region
Organization; 1.3 South, Midwest, & West Problems: Deflation (crops) Mortgages/interest rates RxR unfairly charges No information on agricultural science and quality of new equipment
1.3 Oliver Hudson Kelley: Patrons of Husbandry- First nationwide farm organization
1.3 Grange and their goal: Group name Socialization and Education forum
Farmer's Alliance: Wanted gov't control over RxR and banks Only for whites
1.3 Cooperatives- Group of Farmers who buy supplies, sell, and share among each other
The Populist Party: (People's Party) Political power needed to make change
1.3 Populism: Movement to gain political & economical power for COMMON people
Money Gold Standard- Money backed by gold Bankers and businessmen support Less money= little growth Deflation
Money Free Silver- Bimetallism- Money backed by gold and silver Farmers and laborers supported Increase= easier to pay debt Inflation
1896 Presidential Election William Mckinley- Republican Supported gold standard
1896 Presidential Election William Bryan- Democrat Supported bimetallism Populist support
Cross of Gold Speech: Bryan argued for free Silver- to help farmers and workers, warning against the gold standard as harmful to the nation
Cross of Gold Speech Important saying: "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of Gold"
2.1 Characteristics: Plain Indians The Horse- quicker and farther hunting/transportation The Buffalo- Central to life on the Plains; food and survival
2.1 Whites: Belief owning land, improving it, starting businesses Native does not believe this Whites conclude their land is "unsettled"
2.1 1851, Treaty of Fort Laramie: Sioux- live on reservation along Missouri river
2.1 1864, Sand Creek Massacre: Arapaho and Cheyenne- Women, children, elderly killed
2.1 1876, Battle of the Little Bighorn: Sioux & Cheyenne Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads 7th Cavalry Sitting Bull; chief of Sioux, and other warriors destroys them
2.1 What is the common name the Battle of the Little Bighorn is called? Custard's Last Stand
2.1 Chief Joseph: Nez Perce Fought for U.S. troops Refused to relocate and give up territory
2.1 Geronimo: Apache leader Resisted forced gov. confinement
2.1 Genocide: deliberate killing of groups or culture
2.2 Helen Hunt Jackson: Wanted Congress to important Native Americans lives
2.2 What book did Helen publish? A Century of Dishonor
2.2 Assimilate: To blend into a different culture
2.2 Dawes Act, 1887 Americanize Native Americans Broke reservations, gives 160 acres of land to head of household
2.2 What's the key different to the Homestead Act vs the Dawes Act? Homestead= citizens Dawes= Native
2.2 Boarding School conditions: Cut hair Uniforms Speak ONLY English Abuse/Manual Labor No family support Parents punished if they didn't send their children Food rations withheld Dads sent to prisons, kids took at gunpoint
2.2 What did Tom Torlino quote? "Kill the Indian in him, save the man"
2.2 Tragedy at Wounded Knee: Ghost Dance movement by Native
Tragedy at Wounded Knee: Dec. 15, 1890 Alarmed military leaders arrest Sitting Bull; he dies
Tragedy at Wounded Knee: Dec. 28 7th Cavalry rounds up 350 starving & freezing Sioux led to camp at Wounded Knee Creek
Tragedy at Wounded Knee: Dec. 29 Sioux disarm Shots fired; Native slaughtered; 300
Tragedy at Wounded Knee: What did this declare? The "Indian Wars" are over
2.4 Buffalo Bill Cody: an American Soldier, bison hunter, and showman
2.4 Dine Novels: Novels that are 10 cents; improved printing and shipping
2.4 Annie Oakley: Sharpshooter and folk heroine who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West
2.5 Mark Twain: Humorist; real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens Books: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2.5 Settler Voices: Mining Camps and Boomtowns; inspired Colorist Bret Harte
2.5 Native literary voices: Sarah Winnemocca Hopkins; first Native to publish an account about how the war- affected them Red Bird and Charles Alexander Eastman wrote about their struggle with assimilation into white society
2.5 Border Ballads: Mexican corridos told dramatic stories of herued' defiant encounters with the new U.S. authorities
2.4 Turner; IMPORTANT
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