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Native AmericansNative Americans360,000 in 1860 buffalo -horse - 1.2.white settlers spread -destroy –increases -
Treaty System DevelopsTreaty System Developsgoal –___________ for _____________Treaty of Ft. Laramie (1851) –system doesn’t work1.2.
The Indian Wars 1860-1890The Indian Wars 1860-1890atrocities on both sides
’64 - Sand Creek Massacre –’66 - Fetterman Massacre –
1874, Black Hills -Col. George A. Custer sent to -Sitting Bull’s Sioux ambush1876 - Battle of Little Bighorn
result -
In the NW and South (602)In the NW and South (602)1877 - Gold Discovered on Nez Perce reservationUS Gov. reduces Nez Perce’s territory by 90%Chief Joseph leads march to meet with Sitting
Bullforced to surrender (602)
The Apache in the Southwestmost difficult tribes to subdueGeronimo
finally suppressed in 1886
Tomorrow!Tomorrow!
INFLATION / DEFLATION ELIMINATION !!!!
How affected by the money supplyWhat happens to pricesWhat debtors wantWhat creditors want
railroad, disease, “fire water” & dead buffalo -Helen Hunt Jackson – A Century of Dishonor
(1881) -Dawes Severalty Act (1887) –The Carlisle School –assimilation – “ “ -The Ghost Dance –kill Sitting Bull -The “Battle” of Wounded Knee (1890) –
Plans after High School?Plans after High School?Become a Homesteader!Dum diddee dum diddee dum didee DUM
DUM . . . Dum diddee dum diddee dum didee dum diddee DUM diddee DUM DUM DUM . . . Dum diddee dum diddee dum didee DUM DUM . . . Dum diddee dum diddee dum didee dum diddee DUM diddee DUM DUM DUM . . .
Farming the WestFarming the Westthe iron & steel plow allow –“sodbusters” –“dry-farming”, tougher strains of
wheat, and irrigation projects allow –(612)1889 –
“sooners” -
The Closing of the FrontierThe Closing of the Frontier1890 – Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier
Thesis" The Significance of the Frontier in
American History (1893)argued -"safety valve“ theory –
realistic? -
During a period of Deflationmoney supply goes ______prices go ______each dollar buys ______ stuffprofit for farmers goes ______workers wages go _______paying off an old debt ___ difficult
During a period of Inflationmoney supply goes ______prices go ______each dollar buys ______ stuffprofit for farmers goes ______workers wages go_______paying off an old debt ___ difficult
Mechanization of Farming Mechanization of Farming specialize in single cash cropsnew, expensive “combines”results in:“bonanza farms” -decrease in -
Challenges Farmers FacedChallenges Farmers Facedone crop dependency -low prices, due to -high interest ratesmore tenant farmingexploited by: equipment manufacturersrailroadsbanks
And if That’s Not bad Enough!And if That’s Not bad Enough!
Floods!Droughts!Grasshoppers!Boll-Weevils!
farmers get organizedfarmers get organizedThe Greenback Labor Party -Oliver Kelley and The Grange -The Farmers Alliances -FA:
formed co-ops
Fought for– Nationalized railroads– Graduated income tax
Mary Elizabeth Lease –Long Term Impact =
Stuff to know from Ch.26Stuff to know from Ch.26Booker T. Washington -
Tuskegee Institute -“accomodationism” –
W.E.B. Du Bois -NAACP –“immediate equality” -“talented tenth” -
Women in Late 19th CenturyWomen in Late 19th Century“settlement houses” -
Jane Addams – Hull HouseCharlotte Perkins Gilman
Women and Economics -Ida B. Wells -Women’s Christian Temperance Union -
Carrie A. Nation -