1 / 7

Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion. American Indians such as Quanah Parker, a powerful Comanche leader and son of Chief Peta Nocona, Comanche chief, and Cynthia Ann Parker, captured Anglo. What

drago
Download Presentation

Westward Expansion

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Westward Expansion

  2. American Indians such as Quanah Parker, a powerful Comanche leader and son of Chief Peta Nocona, Comanche chief, and Cynthia Ann Parker, captured Anglo • What • Living in Texas prior to Anglo settlement, American Indians showed aggression to the Anglos for encroaching on the land they were living on. • When • 1860s–1880s • Where • The Texas frontier beyond the frontier line that extended north from the Red River and south to the Rio Grande. • Why • This was the homeland to the American Indian tribes. The Anglos were taking their homes and their way of life away from them

  3. How • American Indians attacked and killed, wounded, or captured Anglo settlers. American Indians pushed the frontier line further east • Effects • Continued raids on Anglo settlers resulted in many deaths. Attempts at peace treaties failed. American Indians were encouraged and eventually forced to move onto reservations. The food supplies of the American Indians were destroyed; therefore forcing them to move onto reservations and rely on the Texas government for food. Eventually, Anglos were free to settle the “reserved” American Indian land. American Indians began to disappear. Quanah Parker encouraged his people to avoid relying on the Anglo government for support

  4. Anglo Settlers • What • Moved to land in West Texas. • When • 1850s–1880s • Where • Texas Frontier • Why • Anglos wanted to establish homes on the frontier • How • Anglos built towns on the western frontier, which forced American Indians from the land

  5. Effects • With the assistance of military force, Anglos pushed further west and eventually settled the land west of the frontier. Aggression and conflict continued between the Anglos and the American Indians

  6. African American soldiers, also known as buffalo soldiers. • What • Guarded forts, defended • When • 1873–1882 • Where • Texas frontier • Why • To protect Anglo settlers from American Indian raid

  7. How • By patrol • Effects • Buffalo soldiers faced racism and discrimination from Anglo American settlers. They were harassed and killed even though they were defending the Anglo settlers from American Indian raids. Many buffalo soldiers were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their bravery.

More Related