The Western Frontier §A. Settlers §B. The Mining Frontier §C. The Indian Wars §D. Cowboys §E. Sodbusters §F. Western Culture §G. The Closing of the Frontier.

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The Western Frontier §A. Settlers §B. The Mining Frontier §C. The Indian Wars §D. Cowboys §E. Sodbusters §F. Western Culture §G. The Closing of the Frontier (1890)

Westward Expansion

Settlers of the West

EXODUSTERS

The Mining Frontier

Some Famous Mines §Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849

Some Famous Mines §Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849 §Central City Colorado- 1859

Some Famous Mines §Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849 §Central City Colorado §Comstock Lode- Va. City, Nev

Some Famous Mines §Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849 §Central City Colorado §Comstock Lode- Va. City, Nev §Deadwood, S.D

Some Famous Mines §Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849 §Central City Colorado §Comstock Lode- Va. City, Nev §Deadwood, S.D §Cripple Creek, Colorado- 1891

Native Americans

Battle of the Little Big Horn- 1874

General G.A. Custer

Sioux Chief Sitting Bull

Nez Perce Chief Joseph

Ghost Dance Uprising §Started with the Ghost Dance- religious ceremony §Participants were supposed to be immune to white men’s bullets §Sitting Bull killed by Tribal Police §300 men, women, and children killed at the Battle of Wounded Knee, S.D

Cowboys

Wild West Cattle Round-up

Early Farmers on the Western Frontier

Western Culture §The Code of the West- A desire to stand up and fight when threatened or wronged

Western Culture §The Code of the West- A desire to stand up and fight when threatened or wronged §Bodie, California- 44 shootouts in six years

Wild West Outlaws §“Man- Eater” McGowan §John Wesley Hardin §Billy the Kid

The Closing of the Frontier §1890- No frontier left in the country

The Closing of the Frontier §1890- No frontier left in the country §1893- Frederick Jackson Turner: The Frontier Thesis

The Closing of the Frontier §1890- No frontier left in the country §1893- Frederick Jackson Turner: The Frontier Thesis §The Frontier had been a safety valve and had helped shape American National Character

The Closing of the Frontier §1890- No frontier left in the country §1893- Frederick Jackson Turner: The Frontier Thesis §The Frontier had been a safety valve and had helped shape American National Character §Fear that closed frontier would cause problems

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