1. Westward expansion Week 4 part 2
American Indians
Westward expansion Week 4 part 2

2. Reasons for expansion New beginning for newly freed African Americans
Land ownership
Wealth made from mining gold/silver
Opportunity for job on Transcontinental Railroad
Adventure
Reasons for expansion

3. American Indians struggle – Effects of westward expansion
Loss of homeland because of broken treaties
Forced to relocate from tradition lands to reservations
Reduced population through warfare and disease
Changes to life style; forced assimilation
American Indians struggle – Effects of westward expansion

4. Some go peacefully-chief joseph
Chief Joseph – leader of the Nez Perce
“I will fight no more forever.”
Saved his tribe though it meant living on a reservation
Some go peacefully-chief joseph

5. SITTING BULL-LAKOTA SIOUX
Battle of Little Bighorn; defeated General Custer
Led his people across the plains for four years to avoid angry soldiers
Eventually forced onto reservations
Many still feared his power
Killed when being arrested by government soldiers

6. GERONIMO-APACHE leader
Apache relocated to Arizona reservation
Revolt and flee to Mexico
Stage raids against incoming white settlers
Wanted to avenge murder of wife and children
Eventually captured and sent to prison
Stories of his life retold; his name becomes synonymous with bravery

7. A fight for tribal lands
Battle of Little Big Horn
Battle of Wounded Knee
Battle of Little Big Horn – Sitting Bull: A victory for the Lakota and Custer’s Last Stand
Battle of Wounded Knee – The end of conflicts between American Indians and the US Military
Fought in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain Regions
A fight for tribal lands

8. Assimilation – become part of mainstream American culture
Living on land not wanted by settlers
No buffalo hunting
Attempting to farm otherwise dry wasteland
Children taken and sent to boarding schools
Reservation life