American West themes
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- Created on: 08-05-13 10:12
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- American West themes
- Native Americans
- Nomadic hunters
- Relied heavily on the Buffalo
- Indians of the west relied on trade
- Indian men were often warriors
- Migrating Population
- Homesteaders had a hard life on the Plains
- No wood, land was too hard for ploughs, lack of water, extreme climate
- Railway companies encouraged homesteading
- Wanted 60,000 residents so to become a state
- Propaganda of how good the Plains are
- Homestead act of 1862 = 160 acres of free land
- Better machinery developed - "Sodbuster" plough
- Homesteaders had a hard life on the Plains
- Agriculture
- California Gold Rush - 1849
- Very hard for homesteaders to plough
- Invention of better machinery
- Warfare
- Little Crow's War 1862
- No food for Indians, white officials refused them food
- 4 Indians killed 5 settlers
- Little Crow led his Sioux on a murder campaign
- 38 Indians were hanged
- No food for Indians, white officials refused them food
- Sand Creek Massacre 1864
- Verge of staration for Cheyenne
- Warriors raided trails
- Major J Downing attacked Cheyenne
- Real massacre began 29th Nov 1864
- 300 Indians killed
- Verge of staration for Cheyenne
- Red Cloud's War 1866
- Army built forts along Bozeman Trail to protect travellers
- Talks began but indians were betrayed
- 100 Soldiers died
- Army built forts along Bozeman Trail to protect travellers
- Little Big Horn 1876
- Gold found in the Black Hills
- Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse formed an army of 4000 warriors
- Custer outnumbered 5 to 1
- Custer and all 225 Soldiers killed
- Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse formed an army of 4000 warriors
- Gold found in the Black Hills
- Little Crow's War 1862
- Law and order
- Town marshals controlled law in a small area
- Federal marshals enforced law throughout America
- Federal courts = different to state courts
- Economic Development
- Some fortunes came from the Gold Rush and Beef Bonanza
- Mormons
- Polygamy was practiced until Brigham Young's death in 1890
- They were Proselytisationists - converted others
- Anti-Mormon violence was rife
- Move from Nauvoo in 1846
- Reached Salt Lake City on 23rd July 1847
- Native Americans
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