The wild Wild West

Unit 2

Boomtown

Communities that grew suddenly when a mine opened

Transcontinental RR

A railroad that would cross the continent and connect the East to the West

Joining of the union pacific and pacific oceans

Farming+cattle became the big business out west bc RR+meat, produce at a quicker rate

Treaty of Fort Laramie

The first major treaty between the U.S government and Plains Indians

Reservations

Areas of federal land set aside for Native Americans

Battle of the Bighorn

Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull surrounded and defeated Custer and his troops

Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull go after General Custer the sioux kill the men

Killed All General Custer’s man

Massacre at Wounded Knee

U.S Army shot and killed about 150 Sioux near Wounded Knee Creek in south Dakota

The last major incident on the Great Plains

Homestead Act (1862)

Gave government owned land to small farmers

Wanted people to go to the west

Morrill Act

Granted more than 17 million acres of federal land to the states

Exodusters

These southerners made a mass exodus, or departure, from the south

Fled from “bandage” to the promised land of the west

New enslaved people’s name bc they were moving to west

Carlisle School

Federally found school. Made NA children “Assimilate” to WA

Open range system

Property was NOT fenced in: cattle farmers would brand their cattle with a specific mark to them

Dawes Act

Broke up the reservations

Aim was to “Americans” the Indian (Assimilation)

Assimilate (Assimilation)

To make culture change (can accept to people) culture- other culture

The idea of changing who I am to feet the society

Soddies

Houses on the plains since most could not afford lumber

Land Grants$$

Federal government gave the money to the RR’s company to expand West

Sand creek Massacre

Union troops were sent to bring “Peace” (west)

He gave orders to kill over 150 men, women &children (Cheyenne, Arapaho)- assumed the protection of U.S government

Crazy Horse

Chief of the sioux

Sitting Bull

Chief of the Sioux

General Custer

General in the U.S Army

Chinese Exclusion Act

First major immigrate law that banned Chinese coming America