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Chapter Sixteen:
The Conquest of the Far West
Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation, 4/e
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The Societies of the Far West The Western Tribes
Plains Indians
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The Societies of the Far West Hispanic New Mexico
Taos Indian Rebellion
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The Societies of the Far West Hispanic California and Texas
Anglo-American Onslaught Hispanics Oppressed
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The Societies of the Far West The Chinese Migration
Increasing Chinese Immigration
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A Chinese Family in San Francisco
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The Societies of the Far West The Chinese Migration
Increasing Chinese Immigration Transcontinental Railroad “Chinatowns” Growing Gender Balance
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The Societies of the Far West Anti-Chinese Sentiments
Chinese Exclusion Act
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The Societies of the Far West Migration from the East
Homestead Act of 1862
Norwegian Settlers in 1890s (Library of Congress)
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The Societies of the Far West Migration from the East
Homestead Act of 1862 New Western States
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The Changing Western Economy Labor in the West
Multiracial Working
Class
Immigrant Orange Pickers in Los Angeles (Library of Congress)
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The Changing Western Economy The Arrival of the Miners
Mining Booms Comstock Lode Discovered Gender Disparity
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The Changing Western Economy The Cattle Kingdom
Mexican Roots “Range Wars” Decline of the Open-Range Industry
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The Romance of the West The Western Landscape and the Cowboy
“Rocky Mountain School”
Panorama of Lake Chelan WA, 1908 (Library of Congress)
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The Romance of the West The Western Landscape and the Cowboy
“Rocky Mountain School” Cowboys Mythologized
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The Romance of the West The Idea of the Frontier
Romantic Image of the Frontier
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The Romance of the West The Idea of the Frontier
Romantic Image of the Frontier Frederick Jackson Turner
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“The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession and the advance of settlement westward, explain American Development.”
Frederick Jackson Turner
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The Romance of the West The Idea of the Frontier
Romantic Image of the Frontier Frederick Jackson Turner “Passing of the Frontier”
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The Dispersal of the Tribes White Tribal Policies
“Concentration” Policy
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The Dispersal of the Tribes White Tribal Policies
“Concentration” Policy Buffalo Herds Decimated
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Hunting Bison on the Plains (Library of Congress)
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The Dispersal of the Tribes The Indian Wars
Growing Indian Resistance Sand Creek Massacre “Indian Hunting” Custer Defeated Chief Joseph
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“I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk.”
- Chief Joseph
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The Dispersal of the Tribes The Indian Wars
Growing Indian Resistance Sand Creek Massacre “Indian Hunting” Custer Defeated Chief Joseph “Ghost Dance”
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The Dispersal of the Tribes The Indian Wars
Growing Indian Resistance Sand Creek Massacre “Indian Hunting” Custer Defeated Chief Joseph “Ghost Dance” Wounded Knee Massacre
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The Dispersal of the Tribes The Dawes Act
Assimilation Promoted
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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer From Boom to Bust
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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer Farming on the Plains
Cheap Rail Rates
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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer Farming on the Plains
Cheap Rail Rates Scarce Water Reverse Migration
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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer Commercial Agriculture
Overproduction
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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer The Farmers’ Grievances
Grievances Against Railroads Belief in Conspiracy
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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer The Agrarian Malaise
Isolation and Obsolescence
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Debating the Past:
The “Frontier” and the West
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