Settlement of the Great Plains, 1860 to 1890

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SETTLING THE WEST

• Settlement of the Great Plains, 1860 to 1890
• Homestead Act of 1862
• Great Plains Indians
• Conflicts with Indians
• U.S. Indian Policy
• Treaties and Reservations
• Dawes Act of 1887--- Americanize Indians
• Indian Wars - 1865 to 1890
• 1890, Census Bureau reported Great Plains was
  settled
• 2. The Cowboy tradition
• 3. Mining Industry
• 3. Life on the Plains
• 4. Facts, myths and legends

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Facts,Myths Legends of the West

• The Wild West Some elements of the frontier
  myths were true.
• Yet, many wild towns of the West calmed down
  fairly quickly or disappeared.
• By the 1880s, the frontier had many churches and
  a variety of social groups.
• Major theatrical productions toured growing
  western cities.
• The East had come West.

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the GUNSLINGERS
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The Traditional View of the West
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Colt .45 Revolver and the Winchester Repeating
Rifle
God didnt make men equal. Colonel Colt did!
The weapons which won the West
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Legendary Gunslingers Train Robbers
Jesse James
Billy the Kid
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Dodge City Peace Commission, 1890
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William Buffalo Bill Codys Wild West Show
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Buffalo Bill Cody Sitting Bull
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Legendary Female Western Characters
Calamity Jane
Annie Oakley
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what were the long-term effects of the
westward experience?
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Destruction of the Buffalo Herds
The near extinction of the buffalo.
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Yellowstone National Park
First national park established in 1872.
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Conservation Movement
John Muir
With President Theodore Roosevelt
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Sierra Club
Founded in 1892
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Mt. Rushmore Black Hills, SD
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Crazy Horse MonumentBlack Hills, SD