the west transformed

THE WEST TRANSFORMED

THE WEST TRANSFORMED Western Legislation Stages of Development Resources Native Americans

BELLWORK What role has the ever expanding

western frontier played in the United States? How has it impacted our society, economy, and politics?

WESTERN LEGISLATION Transcontinental Railroad

Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862, 1864 and 1867.



Homestead Act 1862



Homestead Act 1862 Newlands Reclamation Act 1901

Hoover Dam Roosevelt Dam Elephant Butte Arrowrock

STAGES OF TRANSFORMING THE WEST

Lawlessness


Lawlessness Vigilante Rule


Lawlessness Vigilante Rule Stable Community

STAGES OF TRANSFORMING THE WEST Lawlessness Vigilante Rule Stable Community Statehood

CO 1876 ND 1888 SD 1888 MT 1888 WA 1889 ID 1889 WY 1889 UT 1896 Ok 1907 NM 1912 AZ 1912

WHO? Anglo-Americans Af. Am. Mexicans Chinese N. Euros

Germans Scandinavians Irish

RESOURCES Water

WATER People settled near fresh water sources Newlands Reclamation Act 1901

Hoover Dam Roosevelt Dam Elephant Butte Arrowrock

RESOURCES Water Land

LAND - GRAZING Cowboy Era 1866-

1886 40,000 Cowboys

LAND - GRAZING Cowboy Era 1866-

1886 40,000 Cowboys Cowtowns – R.R.

hubs Refrigerated

Railcars G.H Hammond 1869

Fencing Movement 1873 cheap barbed

wire

LAND - FARMING Homesteaders

400,000 families Free 160 acre – 5 yrs

Sod Homes

LAND - FARMING Homesteaders

400,000 families Free 160 acre – 5 yrs

Sod Homes Mechanized Farming

Bonanza Farms

RESOURCES Water Land Minerals

RESOURCES Water Land Minerals Transportation

TRANSPORATION – R.R.

CHECK UP! How did the Homestead Act, Pacific

Railway Act, and Newlands Reclamation Act have a profound effect on the course of western development. What does each of these acts propose? And what do they tell us about the role of the federal government in the development of the West, particularly in regards to railroads, agriculture, and commerce?

BELLWORK “Do to others as ye would that others should do to you." .. . We pray

them to remember that, for the sake of principle, their forefathers were compelled to leave, therefore driven from the old world, and that the winds of persecution wafted them over the great waters and landed them on the shores of the new world, when the Indian was the sole lord and proprietor of these extensive domains-Let them remember in what way they were received by the savage of America, when power was in his hand, and his ferocity could not be restrained by any human arm. We urge them to bear in mind, that those who would not ask of them a cup of cold water, and a spot of earth ... are the descendants of these, whose origin, as inhabitants of North America, history and tradition are alike insufficient to reveal. Let them bring to remembrance all these facts, and they cannot, and we are sure, they will not fail to remember, and sympathize with us in these our trials and sufferings.” –Appeal of the Cherokee Nation

How would you summarize the relationship between Native Americans and the government of the United States?

+250,000 N.A. on Great Plains Diet = Buffalo

INDIAN WARS Sand Creek Massacre (1864)

200 N.A. slaughtered by U.S. militia


200 N.A. slaughtered by U.S. militia 1867 – Five tribes agreed to moved to

reservations in OK and Dakotas



reservations in OK and Dakotas 1874 – Great Sioux War

Leader Siting Bull Colonel George A. Custer



reservations in OK and Dakotas 1874 – Great Sioux War

Leader Siting Bull Colonel George A. Custer

1890 – Wounded Knee 200 N.A. and 25 soldiers killed

“I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed….The old men are all dead…..I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find….Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.”

Chief Joseph, Nez Perce

DAWES SEVERALTY ACT 1887 Head of family would receive a grant of

160 acres on Reservation Land would be held in trust by the U.S.

Government for 25 years Subject to laws of the state or territory

in which they reside. After land grants N.A. become citizens

CHECK UP! The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887

represented a turning point in American policy towards Native American peoples. How does the Dawes Act reconceptualize the relationship of Native Americans and the United States?

CHECK UP! Prompt: How were the lives of Native

Americans impacted by technological developments, government actions and expansion? (Adopted 1999) Algonquians in the 1600s Cherokee in the Antebellum period Plains Indians in the second half of the

nineteenth century

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