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The American West – And some good old fashioned “Myth Making”
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Western Expansion and Industry: Mining, Railroads, and LAND Native Americans: Removal, Reservations and Reform “Mythmaking”: Why is it important? Why is it successful? How is it done? Ima... ges of the Great American West Manifest Destiny Westward Territorial Expansion Homestead Act How do you encourage Western settlement??? From the earliest days of the Republic, the US operated under a policy of Indian removal Jackson Admin. (1830s) pushed tribes out of the Southeast Jackson instituted the Indian Removal Act in 1830 Lead to infamous “Trail of Tears” Indian Removal Efforts (cont) Indian “Wars”: Sand Creek Massacre, Nov 1864 Mark the beginning of the end of Indian “threat” in the West After a series of costly Indian battles, settlers offer the Second Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) Promised to protect Indian lands, but limited that process to the Dakota Badlands and all established reservation territory (did not recognize Indian claims) Settlement of the “Indian Problem” Results of the Indian Removal Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show (Battle of the Little Bighorn) Widespread Slaughter of the Plains Buffalo [Show More]
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