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American History

American History. Chapter 8: The West Section 1: Miners and Ranchers. Comstock Lode. A “boom town”. Silver ore. Near Carson City, Nevada. Other Bonanzas*. Black Hills, S.D.(gold). Leadville (silver). gold. Montana (copper). “Pikes Peak or Bust”. a rich mass of ore, as found in mining.

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American History

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  1. American History Chapter 8: The West Section 1: Miners and Ranchers

  2. Comstock Lode A “boom town” Silver ore Near Carson City, Nevada

  3. Other Bonanzas* Black Hills, S.D.(gold) Leadville (silver) gold Montana (copper) “Pikes Peak or Bust” arichmassofore,asfoundinmining

  4. Ghost town From boomtown to ----

  5. Texas Longhorns • Tough cattle that could survive harsh winters. • They were responsible for the cattle boom in the West.

  6. Life of the cowboy Long drives The trip from Texas to go north to meet the railroads

  7. railheads Dodge City, Kansas End points for long drives “Cow towns” that sprang up along the railroad

  8. Life of the cowboy CATTLE TRAILS • Chisholm Trail* • Western Trail • Goodnight-Loving Trail • Shawnee Trail • * most famous

  9. Chapter 8.2 Farming the Plains

  10. Homestead Act • For $10 a settler could claim 160 acres of land • You had to live there for 5 years to get the title

  11. Morrill Land Grant Act • Gave land to states to establish state colleges and universities • Could study agriculture there • Iowa State University; South Dakota State, Minnesota State

  12. Soddies Because they didn’t have lumber, settlers on the prairie built homes made of sod

  13. Difficulties of living on the prairie

  14. Wheat Belt

  15. Oklahoma Land Rush 1889 People rushed to stake claims when the government opened up one of the last territories for settlement (boomers and sooners)

  16. Chapter 9.2 Railroads

  17. Transcontinental Railroad Promontory Point Central Pacific   Union Pacific Railroads: the symbol for western settlement Chinese  <--- Irish, Civil War vets

  18. Sand Creek Massacre Colonel Chivington hated Indians. Black Kettle and his Cheyenne people had already surrendered, and they camped at Sand Creek. Chivington attacked the Indians—even though they were flying a white flag, and he killed and mutilated all of them (more than 200).

  19. Sitting Bull The greatest Sioux Chief Attacked Custer at the Battle of the Little big Horn

  20. WHAT was he thinking? Lt. Col. George Custer and about 200 soldiers attacked 2,500 Lakota and Cheyenne Indians in broad daylight. Battle of the Little Bighorn

  21. Ghost Dance Lakota Sioux hoped that the dance would make the white settlers disappear and that the buffalo would come back The US government ordered them not to dance, but they did anyway.

  22. Wounded Knee The government blamed the Ghost Dance on Sitting Bull, and sent US troops to arrest him. He died in an exchange of gunfire. Later, troops tried to disarm Native Americans at Wounded Knee. Twenty-five soldiers and about 200 Lakota men, women, and children were killed.

  23. Chief Joseph Nez Perce chief Because his people were sick and dying from running and fighting . . . . “I will fight no more forever.”

  24. Geronimo Apache leader His surrender in 1886 brought an end to the Indian wars in the southwest.

  25. The government wanted the Native Americans to become absorbed into white culture: English schools, white clothing, become farmers, give up their hair styles and rituals (to become similar) assimilation

  26. Dawes Act Forced reservations to be divided into farms “Extra” land was sold to whites

  27. Characteristics of Plains Indians Symbol of their way of life: They were semi-nomadic. • Lived in tipis • Could move camp quickly • Followed the buffalo herds They depended on the buffalo. They lived in small tribes. • Horses were important too. • Family • Chief/elders • Holy man/medicine man They were a spiritual people. • Dances, chants (for rain, buffalo) • Holy man, spirit world

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