Chapter 17 Exploration - Lecture 9.1.18 Notes

Chapter 17 9/1/18 Indians explored East to explore white America. Lincoln's fired onto Lean Bear's land. men 1900= AZ, NM, and Ok stayed as tervitories. Beyond the Frontier. →The Frontier provided gold and beavers, but Settlers passed it to get to modern day Idahot Utah (which Sucked) = indians. hacked it and were able to use roots, seeds, and berries. "Great American Desert" Sucked! Horace Greeley, editor, convinced Americans to travel west despite Native Americans = disease. 2/3 of indians lived on Great Plains. A lot were یا Migratory relied on buffalo. amazing warriors. "As long as waters run 1834 Indian Intercourse Act = whites can't enter indian land w/o a license, but government screwed them over by assigning them lands and restricting them to it. - → Chivington Massacre = } Americans killing indians. Trouble! →Fetterman massacre indians killing Americans. East compassionate yet wanted to civilize them. West = hated indians. They're all savages. "Won" = and Bozeman Trail halted. Indians were isolated on shitty lands and Supervised. Some refused but were. beaten Red River War. ← * Black Hills Gold Rush pissed off indians and they formed. army = Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-face. vs. Custer "Custer's last stand" ignites Americans to subdue indians an P9228! . 228. Solux war ended, but fights would break out here and there.. Retreating indians made last stand Wounded knee Massacre.. The End of Tribal Life Segregationalists Us. Assimilationists. Since a lot of indions seperated, Court ordered policies were enforced and indians could be repremanded easier.. more "Kill the indian, Save the man" - Carlisle School, PA. Dawes - Severalty Act = Congress gave the indians citizenship and land that was promised for 25 years. But, they had to "act civilized" → Whites would lease rather than own from indions. Final blow was the decimation of buffalo because of the transcontinental railroad pushing west. *Settlement of the West* Most people did it for a better Life. These were not poor people, it cost money and resources to move west. Men and Women on the Overland trail 1st movement aimed for California and Oregon. Pacific → Overland trail = 2000 mi trail from Missouri River + Men usually tackled this trail. Coast April, peopled prepared accordingly and picked leaders. Indions weren't a big issue. Beyond South pass, travelers Seperated routes. Land for the taking 1870-1880's - Locomotives Asian & Mexican immigrants joined the migration west. Homestead Act of 1862 = distribution of 48 million acres. And it only cost $10 + the promise of 5 year ownership. Timber Culture Act of 1873 = You'll get 160 plant trees in 4 years. more acres. if you Jettlers. Apparently, Kniving individuals banked more land than actual Newlands Act = Sale of lands to Fund irrigation projects like Canals, dams, and irrigation systems. Railroad companies were the largest landowners. →President assigned governors and judges. Territorial officials. The Spanish-Speaking Southwest. CA, AZ, NM, TX, CO = Spanish Spanish Speakers. From Mexico irrigation, stock raising, weaving, and mining. Spanish + Mexicans created framework for distributing land & H.O. 1880- 14 of LA county were Spanish-speaking. The Bonanza West People were flocking and creating "instant cities" = wasted resources very quickly. The Mining Bonanza A lot of travelers went to find gold and Silver, but a lot just wanted to provide for the miners w/ shovels and supplies. Gold Rush of 1849 = placer mining was easy to Start up Lo Corporations came in to hopefully profit from prospectors. Comstock Lode J.W. Mackay became richest man, yet most of his profits went to financers. Urbanization came to Deadwood fairly quick once Custer's Scientists found loads of gold all over Soux territory. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 = Suspended immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 yrs. The Cattle Bonanza: The plains were worshipped for their grasslands where buffalo would thrive. would become staple branding, roundups, and roping become techniques.. Joseph McCoy would ship first longhorns to the east via railroads. farming The Farming Bonanza: Blacks had escaped Black codes. Exodusters. Dry Forming!