Monday: Absent
Tuesday: Westward expansion
- Went west because mining, gold, land, farming, railroads, etc.
- Dodge City-
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- gunfights, duels, drinking, prostitution, gambling.
- Wyatt Earp - Sheriff - Gunfight at the OK Corral - Not hurt.
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- Long drives were necessary because there were no railroads.
- US Native Americans got pushed into reservations
- Destruction of Buffalo effected Native Americans
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- Dawes Act- 1887
- Gave land to native american families
- Ended tribal ownership of land
- Those that did that were granted US citizenship
- Goal was to "Americanize" them
- Natives lost much of their land
- Ended in the 1930's under President Roosevelt's Reorganization Act
- Tried getting natives to go back to their ways: stop forcing them to change
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- Famous Indian Battles-
- Sand Creek Massacre- 1864
- Battle of the Hundred Slain (Fetterman Massacre)- 1866
- Who fought? When? Where? Who won? How? Leaders from each side. Deaths/Casualties. Supporting details to round out battle. Include pics and sources
- Red River War- 1874-75
- Battle of Little Bighorn
- etc
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- Life on the Great Plains was not easy
- Lonely, bad weather, grasshopper plagues, hard work, native americans, lack of trees, railroad prices, debt
Wednesday: Buffalo parts
Thursday: Continue westward expansion notes
Friday: Continue westward expansion notes
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