The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900 Chapter 17

Guiding Questions 1.) What role did the army and the railroads play in the settlement of the West? 2.) How did whites justify western settlement and displacement of Native Americans, and how did Native Americans react to attempts to confine them to reservations? 3.) How did the Wild West image of cowboys and Indians originate, and why is that myth still popular? 4.) Why did some Americans wish to conserve the natural resources and beauty of the West, and how did this lead to the creating of national parks?

The West The Plains Indians The Great Plains Buffalo Professional Buffalo killers “Buffalo Bill” Cody

The West The Destruction of Nomadic Indian Life Reservations The war on Native Americans Indian Territory The Great Sioux Reservation The reaction to reservation life

The West Custer’s Last Stand Gold The Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876

The West “Saving” the Indians Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor” Assimilation The Dawes Act, 1887 The Battle of Wounded Knee

The West The Transcontinental Railroad Promontory Point, Utah The role of Immigrants The Pacific Railway Act Land Bureaus

The West Homesteading The Homestead Act Land Speculators The role of Lumber Companies The effects of Homesteading

The West Financial Problems for farmers Life in the west New states The role of Women in the West The Southwestern Frontier

The West Mining Towns Boom Towns Ghost Towns Boom and Bust The effects of mining in the west

The West Cattle Ranching The Open Range The Texas Longhorn The Long Drive The role of the Cowboy 1885-1886

The West Bonanza Farms California “Sunkist” The Oklahoma Land Rush The Indian Territory

The West Creating Legends The frontiersman Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Dime Novel Heroes Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks