Problems with Manifest Destiny The Native Americans
Clash of Cultures Settlers’ view: Western resources were there to be used (large scale use) Plains Indians’ view: saw settlers as greedy and destructive (resources used for necessity)
Fighting Settlers passed through restricted areas Indians raided white settlements and wagon trains Little Bighorn – most famous Indian war battle and last Indian victory (giving up Sioux land, gold mining)
Pushing Indians off their Land The “Long Walk” – 1860s Navajo Indians forced to move from Arizona to New Mexico (Hundreds died) The Trail of Tears – 1830s Cherokee Indians forced to move from Georgia to Oklahoma (one quarter of the Indians on trail died – out of 15,000)