The Wild West and Populism

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The Wild West and Populism

• Chapter 13

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The Open Range

• Post Civil War Era
• Cattle Drives
• Cattle Rustlers
• Wild West
• Lawlessness
• All Ended because of?
• Barbed Wire
• Dead Mans Hand?
• Aces over Eights

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Disappearing Land

• Homestead Act 1862
• (1862-1900) 600,000 Families utilized this
  Governmental offer.
• 160 Acres of Land FREE
• 1889 One Day Land Give Away
• 2 million acres
• Some people claimed the land sooner then they
  were allowed.
• What is the Mascot of the University of Oklahoma?

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Farm School

• Morrill Act 1862
• Federal Land used for Agricultural Universities
• Informed Farmers of new developments
• Bread Basket to the World

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Rise of Populism

• Bonanza Farms?
• Large Single Crop Farms
• (1885 1890) Large Drought
• Smaller farms, more flexible in the crops they
  grow
• Large farms fall into bankruptcy
• Lots of Small Independent Farmers
• More supply steady demand ?

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FarmersLosing Money at Every Turn

• De-Inflation the money in circulation is worth
  more then it used to be.
• Bread
• .75 today,
• 1.00 last year.
• Mortgage on Farm still 100 dollars a month.
• Supplies Increase Prices Drops
• Prices of Wheat
• 1867 - 2.00
• 1887 - .68

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FarmersLosing Money at Every Turn

• Railroads
• Price Fixing Cost of both ways
• Cost more to ship grain from Dakota to Chicago,
  then to ship it from Chicago to England.
• Tariff U.S. and World
• Cost of imported goods increases
• Prices of exported goods decrease
• Farmers pay coming and going.

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Need to Reform

• Grange
• Social outlet and Education Forums
• Became a unifying force against the powerful
  railroads
• 1892 Populist Party Convention
• Platform based on the small independent
  Businesses and Farmers
• 10 of Presidential Popular Vote
• 5 U.S. Senators

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End of Populism

• 1893 Depression slowed the Movement
• 1896 Presidential Election
• Republican McKinley
• Democrat / Populist Bryant
• The first election that was
• strongly influenced by .
• Mckinley wins without
• giving a single speech.

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Cattle/Big Business

• Before Barbed Wire
• Herds of cattle needed to get to market
• Spanish Ranchers in Mexico the Example
• Clothes, Food and Vocabulary
• Vaquero Cowboy
• Chaparreras
• Charqui
• Bronco Caballo
• Mestenos
• Rancho
• Corral
• Rodeo

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Frederic Remington
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Life in the West
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Life in the West
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Life in the West
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Life in the West
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Paper Assignment - First Choice

• You are a fortune teller (Chapter 13.1)
• Write a Letter to warn future Indian Tribes about
  an event in the future.
• You will somehow have to make them believe that
  you are a trustworthy person.
• Two Pages (Honors Three)
• Two References Footnoted
• One can be the Book.

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Paper Assignment Second Choice

• Create a Political Cartoon on the topic on the
  American West, Post-Civil War
• Attach a one page paper describing the Cartoon
  and all the Symbolism that you used.
• Can be in Bullet form.
• This will be graded much more harsh then the
  paper, but students with the ability to create
  should attempt this choice.

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