1-3. The Movement West and Indian ResistanceKey Terms Federal Reservation System Dawes Act Little Big HornSitting Bull Wounded Knee Ghost Dance MovementMining Boom Towns Cattle Drives Homestead ActImmigration to the West Role of Women in WestI. US Policy Towards the Indians, 1800-19001. Peaceful Co-Existence (The Five Civilized Tribes)2. Separation (The Trail of Tears)3. Concentration (The Reservation System)4. Americanization (The Dawes Act)II. The Indian Response/ Resistance1. The Civil War in Indian Territory2. The Plains Indian Uprising3. From Little Big Horn (1876) to Wounded Knee (1890)III. American Migration to the West1. Miners (Gold Rushes and Ghost Towns)2. Cowboys (Cattle Drives and the Open Range)3. Farmers (The Railroad Companies and Family Farms4. Women Empowerment movement to the WestIV. Foreign Migrants1. Mexicans (Southwest)2. Chinese (Far West)Key Terms Federal Reservation System Dawes Act Little Big HornSitting Bull Wounded Knee Ghost Dance MovementMining Boom Towns Cattle Drives Homestead ActImmigration to the West Role of Women in West- Federal Reservation System: - Sitting Bull: Indian Chief that defeated General Custard- Mining Boom Towns:- Immigration to the West:- Dawes Act: eliminates the reservation system to help Indians (bad act, didn’t helpIndians) 1886- Wounded Knee:- Cattle Drives:- Role of Women in West:- Little Big Horn: Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse Su Indian Chief- Ghost Dance Movement: Wovoka, dance that would bring back buffalo, united Indians against the resistance - Homestead Act: provided land in great plains to families who could pay registration fee and promise to live there for 5 yearsI.- 3 American Goals: encouraged people to move into the West from the Great Plains, protect Americans and their economic interest, honor treaties that were made with the Indians and their land.- Jefferson said if we can avoid conflicts with Indians, then they will see how superior Americans are and side with them- Some Indians did adapt American culture such as language, slaves, and constitution - 5 southern tribes adapted this known as ‘Civilized tribes’- Indian land was easily farmed and Americans, Georgia, moved to that land ignoring Indian law- 1831 Trial of Tears, Indians forced to leave home land, FL, and go to desert plains, OK, 1and 4 Indians died 12,000 lived- Moved to OK and started planting crops, different soil and crops died, people starved- Andrew Jackson moved Indians to OK b/c it was so bad that no Whites would want to live there- Not welcomed by the local Indians in OK- White migrants traveled through OK to get to Cali. And Colorado for gold, Indians could sell supplies or charge tolls- U.S. gov’t was promoting settlement to the West- U.S. gov’t wanted Indians to farm on a reservation and not hunt buffalo- U.S. gov’t put Indians on land that was so poor nothing could grow, men left reservation to hunt and gov’t put them in jail- Senator Dawes gave Indians a school system, a Christian religion and banned alcohol on a private plot of land that was the reservation- Land that was left over from the reservation break up was sold away by the gov’t- Indians said gov’t was stealing their land- Schools were put on the land and only English was taught, children moved into the schools and no longer lived with their parents- The schools wanted to ‘Americanize’ the Indian children, cut their hair, changed their clothes and language- Tried to make Indians ashamed of their cultureII.- Civilized tribes joined the American Confederacy- General Custard charged into Sitting Bull’s village thinking the men were not there, only women and children, but the men were there along with two other tribes, Crazy Horse.- Americans lost, Indians won- 1886 Indian Geronimo surrendered to the AmericansIII.- Gold rush for minors to Cali. 1849, 1859 silver in Colorado- Moved around to each strike, boom towns, or bought land and settled- Great move to the West for cattle and cowboys, Texas- Cowboy: low wages, long hours, dangerous working conditions, nights- Late 1880’s cattle decline b/c of drought- Railroads went from Texas to Northeast transporting crops and beef- Family farms rivaled for land for crop land vs cattle ranges- Railroad company got Russian mininites to move to Kansas and grow crops- Women operated cattle ranches and could vote in local state elections- Nevada gave women the right to divorceIV.- Juan P would steal from the rich and give to the poor- 1880 10% of Cali. were Chinese - Chinese were hard working and got low wages- Went from mines to building the railroad- Mexican immigration into southwest- Chinese immigration into far west- First industrial revolution 1820’s- Oil industry- Copper: cheaper to transport and use b/c in US - Overabundance of workers = employers could keep wages low- Immigrants came to city to work instead of West to farm- Telephone was invented- Needed ruthless, risk taking business leaders- Advertising first launched by Americans - Larger demand for