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Reconstruction West

Explore the complex history of the American West, encompassing the pivotal government policies that shaped its development, including the Homestead Act, the Desert Reclamation Act, and the Pacific Railway Act. Examine the impact of railroads on economic growth, the boom towns of mining and cattle drives, and the ensuing environmental devastation. Delve into the narratives of indigenous tribes, the conflicts bred by white land hunger, and the legacies of genocide and assimilation policies such as the Dawes Act. This chapter reveals the myth and reality of western expansion through diverse cultural perspectives.

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Reconstruction West

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  1. Reconstruction West Unit 7 Chapter 15

  2. Expansion Chapter 15 Section 1

  3. Human Geography of the West • Government promotion • Homestead Act, Desert Reclamation Act • Pacific Railway Act (transcontinental) • Regional diversity • 500 tribes • 2 Wests • Great Migration • Exodusters • Ethnic Tension • Chinese Exclusion Act, CA constitution

  4. Economics of the West • Railroads fuel growth • Farming economy precarious • Grangers • Cattle towns (drives) • Dodge City • Mining boom towns • Deadwood • Environmental devastation

  5. Myth of the West • West mostly a modern myth: • Boom towns • Dens of sin • Turner’s Frontier Thesis • Free rangers • Barbed wire • Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show • Annie Oakley

  6. New Culture of the West • Gender bending • Oakley, women’s vote WCTU • Vigilantes and bandits • Billy the Kid, Tombstone, Jesse James • Prohibition • WCTU and Prohibition Party • Anti-Mormonism • Edmunds Tucker Act

  7. The Last of the Natives Chapter 15 Section 2

  8. Decline of Natives • White land hunger led to continued conflict • Small pox, treaties • Alcohol, reservations • Decimation of buffalo • WAR! • The Lakota War—66 • Red River War—74 • Nez Perce—76 • Little Big Horn—76 • Geronimo—74, 85 • Wounded Knee—90

  9. Custer’s Last Stand

  10. Reeducation of Natives • Office of Indian Affairs • “Walk the White Man’s Road” • Boarding schools • Dawes Act • Severalty and education trust • What is genocide?

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