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The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900. Chapter 17. Guiding Questions. 1.) What role did the army and the railroads play in the settlement of the West?

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The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

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  1. The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900 Chapter 17

  2. Guiding Questions • 1.) What role did the army and the railroads play in the settlement of the West? • 2.) How did whites justify western settlement and displacement of Native Americans, and how did Native Americans react to attempts to confine them to reservations? • 3.) How did the Wild West image of cowboys and Indians originate, and why is that myth still popular? • 4.) Why did some Americans wish to conserve the natural resources and beauty of the West, and how did this lead to the creating of national parks?

  3. The West • The Plains Indians • The Great Plains • Buffalo • Professional Buffalo killers • “Buffalo Bill” Cody

  4. The West • The Destruction of Nomadic Indian Life • Reservations • The war on Native Americans • Indian Territory • The Great Sioux Reservation • The reaction to reservation life

  5. The West • Custer’s Last Stand • Gold • The Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876

  6. The West • “Saving” the Indians • Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor” • Assimilation • The Dawes Act, 1887 • The Battle of Wounded Knee

  7. The West • The Transcontinental Railroad • Promontory Point, Utah • The role of Immigrants • The Pacific Railway Act • Land Bureaus

  8. The West • Homesteading • The Homestead Act • Land Speculators • The role of Lumber Companies • The effects of Homesteading

  9. The West • Financial Problems for farmers • Life in the west • New states • The role of Women in the West • The Southwestern Frontier

  10. The West • Mining Towns • Boom Towns • Ghost Towns • Boom and Bust • The effects of mining in the west

  11. The West • Cattle Ranching • The Open Range • The Texas Longhorn • The Long Drive • The role of the Cowboy • 1885-1886

  12. The West • Bonanza Farms • California • “Sunkist” • The Oklahoma Land Rush • The Indian Territory

  13. The West • Creating Legends • The frontiersman • Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show • Dime Novel Heroes • Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks

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