The West and Farming
Sand Creek Massacre Colorado (1864) 400 Indians killed in cold bold torture
Fetterman Massacre Indian response to Sand Creek 1866 81 soldiers and civilians in Wyoming by Sioux warriors
Gold!!!!! Found in Great Sioux Reservation Led to Custer’s Last Stand (fight with Sitting Bull) - Little Bighorn in 1876
Chief Joseph 1877 Tried to flee with his Nez Perce tribe After 1700 miles they finally gave up and were forced onto reservation
Geranimo Apache leader Led many successful campaigns against whites Forced to settle and farm in Oklahoma
Plight of the Indians Reservations, loss of lifestyles and loss of food source (buffalo) Helen Hunt Jackson Forced Assimilation Battle of Wounded Knee Government killed over 200 men, women and children because they were participating in the Ghost Dance “cult”
Dawes Severalty Act 1887 Forced assimilation Dissolved many tribes, wiped out tribal ownership of land Led to Indians losing 50% of their land
Western Life
Mining 59’ers and the Comstock Lode Boomtowns Big Business in mining
Farming Beef Business Farming Transcontinental railroad Long drive Homestead Act of 1862 Sodbusters “Great American Desert” blooms
Farming Business Debtors Populism Coxey’s Army and Pullman’s strike “The issue is socialism versus capitalism. I am For socialism because I am for humanity.” -Eugene Debs
Golden McKinley and Silver Bryan 1896 Election McKinley Republican Big business and wanted gold standard Bryan Democrat “Cross of Gold”speech advocating silver Split in party And the winner is… Big Business!!!! (McKinley)