Settling the West

Theme: After the Civil War, whites overcame the Plains Indians fierce resistance and settled the Great West, bringing to a close the long frontier phase of American history. Theme: The farmers who populated the West found themselves the victims of an economic revolution in agriculture. Trapped in a permanent debtor dependency, in the 1880s they finally turned to political action to protest their condition. Their efforts culminated in the Populist Partys attempt to create an interracial farmer/labor coalition in the 1890s, but William Jennings Bryans defeat in the pivotal election of 1896 signaled the triumph of urbanism and the middle class.

I. Challenges with Native Americans

A. The Great West
1. 2. Geography
a. Plains, Mountains, Great Basin, and water features

Migration of cultures
a. b. Spanish-American African-American

B.

Overview NA-Govt policies

1. 2. 3. Pre-1830: Treaties with each tribe 1830: Concentration 1860: Relocation
a. Bureau of Indian Affairs

4. 5.

1887: Assimilation 1934: Semi-Autonomy

a. Indian Reorganization Act

Current Population Density of Native Americans

I. Challenges with Native Americans (cont.)

C. Warfare with Native Americans, 1868-1890
1. Highlights
a. b. c. d. e. f. Sand Creek, 1864 Sioux War of 1876-1877 Chief Joseph and Nez Pierce Apache Wars Battle of Wounded Knee, 1890 Greater danger than whites: RR and disease H.H. Jacksons A Century of Dishonor, 1881 Assimilation with Dawes Severalty Act, 1887

2.

Indian Reform
a. b.

II. Impact of Railroad

A. Mining
1. 2. 3. Pikes Peak, 1858 Comestock Lode, 1859 Women suffrage Long Drive Challenge: weather and J. Glidden Homestead Act, 1862
a. 160/5

B. C.

Cattle
1. 2. 1. 2. 3.

Farming
Challenge: Lack of water
a. Dry farming

Growth of Great West

a. New states and OK

D.

Fading of Frontier
1. 2. 3. Superintendent of Census 1890 and F. J. Turner, 1893
a. Safety Valve? General Mills, the parent company of Pillsbury, was founded during this time In 1860 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Urbanization of the west Farm becomes factory through croplien system

III. Political Highlights 1890s

A. Rise of Populism, chapter 2
1. Leaders
a. b. c. William Harvey Coins Fin. Sch. Ignatius Donnelly Mary Lease

2.

Discontent
a. b. c. Panic of 1893 Coxeys Army Pullman Strike

B.

Election of 1896
1. 2. McKinley (Hanna) v. Bryan and 2 VPs Issues: Currency, campaign finance, radicalism
Shot twice by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, NY in 1901

Map Questions
(use the maps and charts in chapter 26 to answer the questions)
1. In the election of 1892, which three western states had no countries that backed the Populist party? 2. Which four southern states had the most Populist support in the election of 1892 (that is, at least three countries that went Populist)? 3. In the election of 1896, how many electoral votes did McKinley win from states west of the Mississippi River? 4. How many electoral votes did McKinley win in the southern states of the old Confederacy?

Map Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. Montana, Washington, and California Texas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Georgia Thirty-seven none