1. Western Frontier!!!

2. Why did Americans migrate west?
Manifest Destiny! Remind us of what that means, please.
Homestead Act of 1862
Discovery of gold
Mining, Ranching, Farming
QUESTION: How are all of these goods making people any money? How am I selling my cattle if I am a rancher in the middle of nowhere? (HINT: This is review from our last unit!)
Railroads are EVERYWHERE! The whites settlers come flooding in!

3. Native American Response
Remember the Indian Removal Act of 1834?
Treaties ignored by all--- film clip! But first: be ready to:
Give 2 options that Native Americans had since treaties were being ignored.
Move to new reservations, flee to Canada or Mexico, or fight
Indians decide to fight
Doc break!

4. Why were the plains Indians defeated?
Out-numbered
Superior technology
Destruction of the Buffalo
FILM CLIP!!!
What might be some reasons why the buffalo were so important to Native Americans?
The Buffalo was at the core of the Plains Indians’ lives.
Film Clip!!!

5. The Aftermath: America faces the horrors of the Indian wars
The Dawes Act of Assimilation