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

2. 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

3. Soddies

5. 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

6. Exodusters

7. Exodusters Go West

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

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

11. 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

12. What will the farmer do?

13. 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

15. 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

19. The “Chinese Question”
Exclusion Act (1882) Oriental Exclusion Act Chinese Exclusion Act

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

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

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