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Westward Expansion During Industrialization 1870-1900 Into The West Westward Expansion During Industrialization 1870-1900

Homestead Act Signed into law in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln Meant to keep the Civil War out of the West Settlers received cheap or free land Must build a structure Must build a road Must dig a well Must prove (grow) a crop Must live on land for five (5) years

Soddies

Exodusters African American sharecroppers in the South who chose to not live under Jim Crow Moved to the West and started towns such as Nicodemus, Kansas

Exodusters

Exodusters Go West

Farming Becomes Big Business Morrill Act – Creates land grant colleges with federal dollars to apply scientific methods to agriculture

Steel Plow [“Sod Buster”] “Prairie Fan” Water Pump New Agricultural Technology Steel Plow [“Sod Buster”] “Prairie Fan” Water Pump

Farmers vs. Cattlemen Farmers must “prove” their crop. Cattlemen are leading their cattle to market Cows do not walk in a straight line. Cows require open range (lots of grass) to fatten for market Farmers grains are particularly yummy to cattle

What will the farmer do?

Cattlemen are Angry Cattlemen follow trails to cow towns where trains stop and pick up cattle Famous Cattle Drives will begin in Texas and end in Dodge City – Chisolm Trail Barbed wire is the end of the open range

Trains – the First Monopoly Where the trains stopped a town sprang up The best lands were given to the railroads to build a Transcontinental Railroad Lots of corruption in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad

The “Chinese Question” Exclusion Act (1882) - Oriental Exclusion Act - Chinese Exclusion Act

Began in San Francisco in 1875. The Tong Wars: 1850s-1920s Began in San Francisco in 1875.

Native American Policy Annihilation Assimilation Indian Wars Reservation System Dawes Severality Act and the breakdown of the Native American Culture

Carlisle Indian School, PA Dawes Severalty Act (1887): Assimilation Policy Carlisle Indian School, PA