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Clashes on The Frontier

Changes on the Western Frontier. Clashes on The Frontier. Native Americans-pushed to Great Plains. Life centered on horse and buffalo Buffalo provided food, clothing, shelter. Settlers Arrive. Post Civil War Gold discovered (Colorado plus)= miners flock to gold discoveries

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Clashes on The Frontier

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  1. Changes on the Western Frontier Clashes on The Frontier

  2. Native Americans-pushed to Great Plains • Life centered on horse and buffalo • Buffalo provided food, clothing, shelter

  3. Settlers Arrive • Post Civil War • Gold discovered (Colorado plus)= miners flock to gold discoveries • Homestead act =Cheap/free land for farmers • African Americans, Germans, Scandinavians

  4. Twice Promised Land… • Plains had been earlier granted to Native Americans • More settlers come, US govt attempts to renegotiate • Conflict • Broken treaties, gold discovered bringing more settlers

  5. More bad news • Dawes Act-force assimilation of Native Americans into white culture • Destruction of Buffalo, replaced with cattle ranching

  6. Transcontinental Railroad • Promotes settlement of the plains • Govt. gives land tracts to railroad companies • RR recruited settlers all over Europe • Sold some of it for cheap prices to farmers • Homestead Act

  7. Conservation Movement/National Parks

  8. Populist Movement • Farmers in trouble: Civil War over, money supply shrank, making each dollar in circulation worth more. Farmers want “cheap money” • Populist Party • Polices to help farmers • Direct election of senators and secret ballot • Candidate William Jennings Bryant, backs cheaper money. Didn’t win, but demands were heard.

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