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Chapter 17 Western Expansion Indian Affairs International Expansion
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Railroads Transcontinental railroad Congress Union Pacific
Central Pacific
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Railroads Transcontinental railroad Workers “Haste makes waste”
Promontory Point Other railroads
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Resources Mining Pikes Peak gold rush Leadville Comstock Lode
Various metals
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Resources Cattle Cattle drives Cowboys “Open ranges” Meat packing
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Settlers Farmers Land and fences Homestead Act Oklahoma land rushes
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Settlers Great Plains Dry farming Soddies Barbed wire
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Law and Order Challenges Large distances Notorious criminals
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Law and Order Lawmen Town marshal County sheriff Deputies
U.S. marshals Judges
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Law and Order Vigilante groups Pinkertons
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Indian Affairs Plains Indians Sioux Importance of buffalo Warriors
Heritage
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Indian Affairs Indian Wars First Sioux War Wyoming-Montana
Sioux won every battle
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Indian Affairs Government goal was to force Indians onto reservations
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Indian Affairs Sioux War 1876-77 George Custer Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
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Indian Affairs Sioux War Custer’s Last Stand
Army eventually forced Indians onto reservations
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Indian Affairs Geronimo Nez Perce Chief Joseph Wounded Knee Massacre
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Indian Affairs A Century of Dishonor Helen Hunt Jackson Dawes Act
Later government decisions
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Expansion Three main goals Defend Western Hemisphere
Create new economic opportunities Extend US territory
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Mexico Napoleon III Maximilian I French support withdrawn
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Britain Issues Commerce raiders Who owns islands near Vancouver
Fishing rights Treaty of Washington
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Expansion Japan Commodore Perry Treaty of Kanagawa
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Expansion Pan-Americanism James G. Blaine
Pan-American Congress in 1889
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Expansion China “Spheres of influence” Open Door Policy
Boxer Rebellion International military force
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Imperialism Extension of power by one people or country over another people or country Exploitation Benefits
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Imperialism Alaska Purchased from Russia in 1867 “Seward’s Folly”
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Imperialism Midway annexed Hawaii Planters revolted Republic of Hawaii
Annexed by US in 1898
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Missions Hawaii China Mission boards Denominational Faith missions
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War Background Causes Yellow journalism The de Lôme letter
Sinking of the Maine
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War McKinley sent war message to Congress Manila Bay George Dewey
Battle of Manila Bay
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War Santiago Blockade of harbor San Juan Hill Battle of Santiago Bay
Puerto Rico also captured
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Aftermath US takes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines Virtual rule of Cuba
Annexation of Hawaii US now a world power
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Aftermath Cost of empire Maintenance of standing army, navy
Philippine insurrection Emilio Aguinaldo
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1900 McKinley and Bryan rematch Bryan opposed imperialism
McKinley & Roosevelt win electoral landslide
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