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The Fight for the West

The Fight for the West. Chapter 13 Section 1. How did we benefit from the Conquest of the West?. _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________

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The Fight for the West

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  1. The Fight for the West Chapter 13 Section 1

  2. How did we benefit from the Conquest of the West? • _______________________________ • _______________________________ • _______________________________ • _______________________________ • _______________________________ • _______________________________ • _______________________________

  3. Stage Set for Conflict • Native Americans stood in the way of westward expansion. • Government Policy encouraged the destruction of buffalo to wipe out Plain’s Indian’s food supply. • “Great Slaughter” took place in the 1870s

  4. Government Policy toward Native Americans

  5. Sand Creek Massacre 1864 • Colorado Territory Cheyenne raided nearby ranches • Black Kettle wanted peace; raised an American flag and a white flat • U.S. col. John M. Chivington with 700 troops opened fire killing 150 people • Congress condemned Chivingtons actions but did not punish him

  6. Treaties • Second Treaty of Ft Laramie 1868: Sioux agreed to live on reservations along the Missouri River • Medicine Lodge Treaty 1867: Sothern nations moved to reservations in Oklahoma

  7. Battle of Little Bighorn 1876 • Sioux Leader Sitting Bull: Had a vision of great victory over U.S. Soldiers • George Armstrong Custer: Lead an attack- he and all of his troops were slaughtered Additional Notes

  8. The Ghost Dance • Wovoka’s vision (see inside story) turned into a movement seen by Americans as an uprising. • 1890: U.S. military ordered the arrest of Sitting Bull who was killed Watch Video

  9. Wounded Knee Massacre • Marked the end of the conflict between army and Plains Indians • 300 Sioux men, women, and children were killed

  10. Nez Perce 1877 • Chief Joseph agreed to move to reservation in Idaho but hostilities broke out • Tried to flee to Canada • They were apprehended and forced to move to Oklahoma

  11. Apache 1881 • Geronimocontinued to resist Reservation life and raiding settlements • 1886: Captured and kept as a prisoner of war • Marked the end to resistance in the Southwest.

  12. Reservation life • Americanization: Bureau of Indian Affaires built schools for Native American Children • Dawes Act: Each head of family could receive 160 acres in an attempt to break up the tribe and make Native Americans individual property holders.

  13. What was the impact on Native Americans?

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