Many natives on the plains wiped out by disease before the Civil War Many others pushed onto reservations Indian Wars increase as settlers push West Sand Creek Massacre Battle of Little Bighorn Custer and army wiped out by Sioux ID: 227267
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The West and an Agricultural RevolutionSlide2
Many natives on the plains wiped out by disease before the Civil War
Many others pushed onto reservations
Indian Wars increase as settlers push WestSand Creek MassacreBattle of Little BighornCuster and army wiped out by SiouxApache in ArizonaLed by Geronimo
Clash of CulturesSlide3
Contributing FactorsSpread of Railroads
Disease
Killing of BuffaloWounded KneeDakota Sioux are massacredHelped lead to change in Indian policiesFocus on assimilating Indians into American culture
The End of the TrailSlide4
Forced civilization/assimilation on NativesDivided Indian Territory into individual farms
Wanted to turn Natives into American farmers
Set up Indian boarding schoolsTaught English and American cultureThe Dawes ActSlide5
Gold rushes in Colorado, Nevada, Montana, and Idaho helped fuel settlement
Boomtowns
Miners replaced by corporationsMining helped settle the WestAttracted gold seekersHelped spread roads and railroads westMiningSlide6
Railroads aided Beef industryCattle Drives
Used to get cattle to markets
Came to an end due to barbed wire and HomesteadersBeef BonanzasSlide7
Homestead Act of 1862Settlers could acquire 160 acres land
Wanted to rapidly settle the plains region
SodbustersHeavy Iron PlowsBroke up the tough soilThe Farmer’s FrontierSlide8
Opening of OklahomaBoomers flood into Oklahoma territory
The Fading Frontier
In 1890 census announced the end of the FrontierDisappointed AmericaFrederick Jackson Turner“The Significance of the Frontier in American History”
Far West Comes of AgeSlide9
Agriculture ModernizationNew Machines
Expensive
Corporate Farms spreadThe Farm becomes a FactorySlide10
Many small Farmers forced outDeclining crop prices force Bankruptcy
Many farmers in debt
Railroads were overcharging for shippingUnhappy FarmersSlide11
Needed a united voice to promote changeThe Grange
Worked to improve farmer’s plight
GreenbacksFought for improved farming conditionsFarmers Take a StandSlide12
Represented Farmer’s interestsWanted to Regulate Railroads
Wanted a fair income tax
Wanted Unlimited coinage of SilverTo increase money supplyPopulismSlide13
Pullman Palace Car CompanyWorkers hit hard by 1893 depression
Workers strike is put down by federal troops
Populist and Labor Unions upset that federal government limited their ability to strikeThe Pullman StrikeSlide14
Presidential Election of 1896McKinley
Supported Gold Standard and Big Business
William Jennings BryanSupported Silver Standard and Agricultural interests“Cross of Gold Speech”McKinley WinsVictory for Big Business, Big Cities, and the Middle Class
Golden McKinley and Silver Bryan