“American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. This perennial rebirth, this fluidity of American life, this expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnish the forces dominating American character. The true point of view in the history of this nation is not the Atlantic coast, it is the Great West.” Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis, 1893, response to announcement that the frontier had closed

EQ: Assess the impact of U. S EQ: Assess the impact of U.S. policy toward Native Americans in the late 19th century.

Groups settling the West… Farmers Miners Gold – CA (1848), Pikes Peak, CO (1859); silver - NV Cattle ranchers and cowboys…

Image of cowboys?

Cattle drives north from TX

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Joseph Glidden’s secret weapon: barbed wire (1874)

Assess the impact of U.S. policy toward Native Americans in the late 19th century. 1. Analyze documents as a group 2. Formulate thesis and outline (just topics and documents) 3. Write thesis and outline on board