The Far West

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Great American Tribes
Western Great Plains and Eats of the Rocky mountains
Western Tribes
Eastern Tribes
S.W Tribes
N.W Tribes
Plain Tribes
Hispanic Heritage
- mostly farmers
- Living in Santa Fee Mexico
Post Civil War Migration
- many go west to find opportunity
- Greeley said the famous quote " Go West, Young Man "
Government Support
send army to put down the Indians and other Acts to populate the West
Homestead Act
1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years
Transcontinental Railroad
Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US
Mining
- Built with Gov Money
- Many metal rushes ( Gold, Silver and others) create Ghost towns
- Ghost Town died after the rush and had a lot of crime
Cattle Kingdom
-many ranches, trails, and cow towns
-railroad many it easier to transport beef
Women and Taming the West
- West offer women suffrage ( women rights) because they want women to civilize the west
Romance if the WestEastern believe the West was like a beautiful place for adventure dime novels- novels about the west wild west showThe " Last Frontier"the last section of the country to be settled sensess declared there was no more frontier to conquerPlain Indian WarsIndians lost their land -1860 to 1870 were the Great Zu Wars -Massacre of Wounded Knee - Gov either wanted Assimilation or ConcentrationFarming in the WestSoil land was hard to farm until the farmers became soil bustersSodbustersGreat Plains farmers because they had to break through so much thick soil, called sod, in order to farmBoom and Bustwhen a population undergoes repeated cycles of overshoots followed by crashes - the dry season came and with it came the bust - 1890 agricultural depression