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Settlement of the Great Plains, 1860 to 1890 Homestead Act of 1862 Great Plains Indians

SETTLING THE WEST. Settlement of the Great Plains, 1860 to 1890 Homestead Act of 1862 Great Plains Indians Conflicts with Indians U.S. Indian Policy Treaties and Reservations Dawes Act of 1887--- Americanize Indians Indian Wars - 1865 to 1890

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Settlement of the Great Plains, 1860 to 1890 Homestead Act of 1862 Great Plains Indians

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  1. SETTLING THE WEST • Settlement of the Great Plains, 1860 to 1890 • Homestead Act of 1862 • Great Plains Indians • Conflicts with Indians • U.S. Indian Policy • Treaties and Reservations • Dawes Act of 1887--- Americanize Indians • Indian Wars - 1865 to 1890 • 1890, Census Bureau reported Great Plains was settled 2. The Cowboy tradition 3. Mining Industry 3. Life on the Plains 4. Facts, myths and legends

  2. Facts,Myths & Legends of the West • The Wild West: Some elements of the frontier myths were true. • Yet, many wild towns of the West calmed down fairly quickly or disappeared. • By the 1880s, the frontier had many churches and a variety of social groups. • Major theatrical productions toured growing western cities. • The East had come West.

  3. the GUNSLINGERS

  4. The Traditional View of the West

  5. Colt .45 Revolver and the Winchester Repeating Rifle God didn’t make men equal. Colonel Colt did! “The weapons which won the West”

  6. Legendary Gunslingers & Train Robbers Jesse James Billy the Kid

  7. Dodge City Peace Commission, 1890

  8. William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Show

  9. “Buffalo Bill” Cody & Sitting Bull

  10. Legendary Female Western Characters Calamity Jane Annie Oakley

  11. what were the long-term effects of the westward experience?

  12. Destruction of the Buffalo Herds The near extinction of the buffalo.

  13. Yellowstone National Park First national park established in 1872.

  14. Conservation Movement John Muir With President Theodore Roosevelt

  15. Sierra Club Founded in 1892

  16. Mt. Rushmore: Black Hills, SD

  17. Crazy Horse Monument:Black Hills, SD

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