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Chapter 13 Changes on the Western Frontier

Chapter 13 Changes on the Western Frontier. Great Plains Indians 1. The Horse 2. The Buffalo 3. Family Life. The Lure of Gold and Silver began to run rampant among settlers in the East. Tensions began to mount. Sand Creek Massacre Death on the Bozeman Trail Sioux Chief Red Cloud Crazy Horse.

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Chapter 13 Changes on the Western Frontier

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  1. Chapter 13Changes on the Western Frontier

  2. Great Plains Indians1. The Horse2. The Buffalo3. Family Life

  3. The Lure of Gold and Silver began to run rampant among settlers in the East

  4. Tensions began to mount • Sand Creek Massacre • Death on the Bozeman Trail • Sioux Chief Red Cloud • Crazy Horse

  5. Fort Laramie

  6. Treaty of Fort Laramie • US Closed the Bozeman Trail • Sioux agreed to move to reservation • Sitting Bull only Sioux who did not sign treaty

  7. Sitting Bull • Continued to protest the white man’s invasion of their lands • Famous for the wild west shows he was apart of • Would meet the only man who had a chance a destroying the Sioux Nation

  8. General George A. Custer • Red Headed • Flamboyant • Cocky • Confident • Hot tempered • Stubborn

  9. Custer, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse met in one ferocious battle Battle of Little Big Horn (AKA - Custer’s Last Stand)

  10. Sioux Life After Custer’s Last Stand • Sitting Bull led the Indians to Canada • They remained there until 1881 • To prevent his people from starving-Sitting Bull surrendered • 1885 Appeared in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

  11. Dawes Act • Attempted to assimilate the Indians into American culture • Broke up the reservation • Gave the land to individual Indians • 160 Acres to each head of the household • 80 acres to each unmarried Adult

  12. Down fall of the Native American

  13. Uses for the buffalo

  14. (HIDE - BUCKSKIN)moccasin topscradleswinter robesbeddingbreechcloutsshirtslegginslance coversbeltsdressespipe bagspouchespaint bagspouchesdollscoup flag coversquiverstipi coversguncases (HAIR)headdressessaddle pad fillerpillowsropeornamentshaltersmedicine balls(TAIL)medicine switchfly brushlodge exteriordecorationswhips(HOOF & FEET)gluerattles (HORNS)cupsfire carrierspowder hornspoonsladlesheaddressessignalstoys(MEAT)(every part eaten)pemmican (converted)hump ribs-immediatelyjerky (converted)(SKIN OF HIND LEG)moccasins or boots (RAWHIDE)containersclothingheaddressfoodmedicine bagsshieldsbucketsmoccasin solesrattlesdrumsdrumstickssplintscinchesropesbeltsbullets pouchessaddleshorse maskslance casesarmbandsquirtsbull boatsknife casesstirrupsthongshorse ornament

  15. The Battle of Wounded Knee • The Ghost Dance • Police came to arrest Sitting Bull • Shots fired and Sitting Bull was Killed • Dec. 28 Soldiers rounded up 360 Sioux Indians and demanded they give up their weapons • Soldiers shot and slaughtered 300 unarmed Native Americans including Children • Ended the Indian Wars forever

  16. Indian Problems solved Cattle ranching became big business in the west

  17. 1st Cowboys • Vaqueros – Mexican Cowboys • Longhorn cattle were imported from Spain • Everything that became the American Cowboy derived it’s origins from the Mexican Vaqueros • Jerky • Chaps • Bronco riding • Coral • Rodeo

  18. The Longhorn Steer

  19. As the demand for beef increased • Cow towns began to form • The long drives - 10 to 14 hour days • Starting as young as 15 years old • The round up

  20. Cow Towns Like Dodge City Began to form

  21. The Long Drives

  22. The Round Up

  23. Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane

  24. Wild Bill Hickok • Served as a scout in Civil War • Violent man • Shot while play poker • In his hand were two aces and two eights – still to this day known as a dead man’s hand

  25. Settling of the west • Homestead Act – 160 acres of land in west for any citizen who was the head of the household • Exoduster – blacks who moved west to escape the reconstruction south.

  26. Farming and Living in west • Lived in Soddy's or Dug outs • Women worked, schooled , and doctored the men and children of the west

  27. Agricultural Education • Morrill Land Grant Act – Set aside land for the establishment of colleges for agricultural improvement in farming

  28. Inventions that tamed the Prairie • Steel Plow • Barbed Wire • Mechanical Reaper • Steel Windmill

  29. Farmers began living on huge farms called Bonanzas

  30. Farmers began forming alliances with other farmers The Grange

  31. A new Political Party formed • Populism • Movement of the people • Increase in money supply • Graduated income tax system • Federal loan program • Eventually became the platform of the Democratic Party of today

  32. Panic of 1873 • William Jennings Bryan • Cross of Gold Speech • Silverites • Gold Bugs

  33. Gold Silver Bimetallism

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