American west- before 1860
mindmap of all the stuff before 1860 on american west
- Created by: Arabella
- Created on: 05-03-13 17:27
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- American West
- The lifestyle of plains indians
- They relied on buffalo for most resources
- Tongue for hairbrush
- Bladder for carrying water
- Tail for whips, fly swats and ornaments
- They followed wild animals (buffalos) round for food
- They travelled in small bands
- Usually were one or two extended families
- They scalped peoples heads to show bravery
- They relied on buffalo for most resources
- Religion and traditions of the plains indians
- They believed that no-one owned the land
- Circles- of life -of nature
- Everything has a spirit
- Important ideas were passed down through generations not written in a book
- Role of women
- They made most of the finsished goods e.g tipis
- Responsible for any house work and education
- Role of men
- Hunting
- Warrior sociteties and making descions
- Marrying women
- Reasons to go west
- Push
- Lots of crime
- Lack of employment
- Land was expensive
- Banks collasped
- Land was over worked
- Pull
- Land was free
- Government encouraged it
- Lots of jobs
- Manifest destiny
- Push
- Gold Rush
- 1849 gold was discovered in california by james marshall
- Brought miners
- Brought supplies from store owners
- Ghost owners
- Helped to settle the west
- Claim jumping- stealing someone elses claim (gold) sites
- Mormons
- Why they hated so much?
- Practised polygamy
- Didnt like slavery
- Didnt gamble
- Didnt drink
- It was started by joesph smith wh claimed her had seen a vision from an angel called moroni in 1823
- He was told to find some gold plates which had was is now the book of mormon which was written in 1830
- Why they hated so much?
- Manifest Destiny
- Many white christians belived in manifest destiny.
- It is the idea to settle across the whole of the west
- Traditions and religions of white people
- Christianity
- Outsiders Views
- They thought the plains indians were savages
- They thought Indians were savages anf theifs
- Some people thought they were resourceful
- The lifestyle of plains indians
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