the gold rush had become a problem because miners started to invade indian territory. in 1881 helen hunt jackson wrote a book called century of dishonor, in 1887, the dawes act was aiming to americanize native americans, and they were giving 160 acres of land to the head of the household but if you were single and unmarried you would recieve 80 acres. the buffalo population went from 65,000,000 in 1800 and was all the way down to 1000 in just 90 years, they are now endangered. battle of wounded kneww was the last major battle between the native americans and the americans, they took all their weapons and killed atleast 300 native americans and left their corpses to freeze on the ground because they felt they could do what they wanted. native americans were being forced to move onto smaller reservations although they still let their horses and cattle roam free. joseph mccoy approached western towns with plans to create shipping yards. meeting of chisholm trail and railroad in abilene ushered in heyday of cowboy. the cowboy worked 10-14 hours a day on a ranch but 14+ hours on the trail, some were as young as 15.
i think the most interesting thing i learned from this powerpoint was that the dawes act was trying to americanize native americans by bribing them with acres of land.
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