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The Western Frontier A. Settlers B. The Mining Frontier

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1 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)

2 Westward Expansion

3 Settlers of the West

4 EXODUSTERS

5 The Mining Frontier

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

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

8 Some Famous Mines Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849
Central City Colorado- 1859 Comstock Lode- Va. City, Nev

9 Some Famous Mines Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849
Central City Colorado- 1859 Comstock Lode- Va. City, Nev Deadwood, S.D

10 Some Famous Mines Started with Sutter’s Mill- California 1849
Central City Colorado- 1859 Comstock Lode- Va. City, Nev Deadwood, S.D Cripple Creek, Colorado

11 Native Americans

12 Battle of the Little Big Horn-1874

13 General G.A. Custer

14 Sioux Chief Sitting Bull

15 Nez Perce Chief Joseph

16 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

17 Cowboys

18 Wild West Cattle Round-up

19 Early Farmers on the Western Frontier

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

21 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

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

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

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

25 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

26 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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