Settlement of the west US History

Railroad Expansion Railroads 1860 Railroads 1870 Railroads 1880

Causes of Railroad Expansion Desire for Profit Demand for Transportation Govt. Policy Homestead Act Pacific Railway Act (Land Grants) Military Needs, Mail Labor Capital

Settlement of the West

Results of Railroad Growth Domestic/International Market Jobs – RR & Building Materials New Technology Immigration Indian Wars Millionaires

DBQ Paragraph – Westward Migration

Federal Actions and Impact Event What Happened? Impact on Plains Indians Extermination of Buffalo   Indian Wars Dawes Act Carlisle School

Theme: Settlement of the Great Plains Describe the historical circumstances that led to United States settlement the Great Plains Discuss the impact of settlement of the Great Plains on the Native Americans

Timeline of Chinese Immigration 1848 Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill, California; many Chinese arrive to mine for gold. 1850 Foreign Miners’ tax mainly targets Chinese and Mexican miners. 1852 Approximately 25,000 Chinese in America. 1854 Court rules that Chinese cannot give testimony in court. 1865 Central Pacific Railroad recruits Chinese workers; ultimately employs about 15,000 Chinese workers. 1869 First transcontinental railroad completed. 1871 Los Angeles: anti-Chinese violence; 18 Chinese killed. 1873 Panic of 1873; start of major economic downturn that last through the decade. 1877 Chico, CA: anti-Chinese violence. 1878 Court rules Chinese ineligible for naturalized citizenship. 1880 Approximately 106,000 Chinese in America; California passes anti-miscegenation law (no interracial marriage). 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act: prohibits Chinese immigration (in one year, Chinese immigration drops from 40,000 to 23).

Why did many Americans support the Chinese Exclusion Act? Source Based on this document, why did many white Americans support the Chinese Exclusion Act? Doc A Play   Doc B Cartoon Doc C Speech Doc D Autobiography

Why did Congress pass the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882? TEA Why did Congress pass the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882? Use at least 3 documents Remember to reference source Remember to go beyond summarizing a document, use it to make a point

Question How did the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo compare with the actual treatment of Mexican Americans in the American Southwest? Terms of Treaty Treatment

Buffalo Extermination

Buffalo Extermination

Indian Wars Why War? Homestead Act (1862) Pacific Railway Act (1862) Reservations War Sioux Wars Little Big Horn (1876) Wounded Knee (1890) Outcomes?

Sioux Wars / Results

Dawes Act - 1887 Divided up tribal lands to assimilate or “Americanize” the Indians Native Americans would live on private property and farm as a path towards citizenship

Carlisle Indian School Attempted to “Americanize” Native Americans “kill the Indian, save the man” Acculturation/Assimilation – adopting cultural traits or social patterns of another group

Pacific Railway Act

Land Grants

Homestead Act

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