HIST 2620 WelchWeek 2 Outline of Last Lecture I. Reconstruction: summary of challengesII. Election of 1876III. Lost Cause MythIV. Southern SharecroppingV. Henry Grady - editor of Atlanta ConstitutionVI. Southern IndustrializationVII. Jim Crow LawsVIII. Mississippi PlanIX. Booker T. Washington - Tuskgee InstituteX. W. E. B. DuBoisXI. Plessy V. Ferguson (1896)Outline of Current Lecture I. IndustrializationII. Gustavus SwiftIII. Sand Creek MassacreIV. Battle of Little BighornV. General Allotment ActVI. Destruction of Indian CultureVII. American West MythVIII. Battle of Wounded KneeIX. Frontier ThesisCurrent LectureI. Industrializationa. Natural resources, labor, money, growth of companies contribute to industrializationb. Railroads a key part of 19th century westi. Railroads cut through Indian territory, forcing Indians to become buffalonomadsc. Cattlemen, farmers, and railroad men competed for resourcesII. Gustavus Swift: refrigerated railroad car a. Revolutionized meat-packing industryb. Sears catalog began to get people interested in productsIII. Sand Creek Massacre (1864)a. Native American resistance to settlers when gold was found in Colorado Riverb. Cheyenne forces: Chief Black Kettle and the White Antelopes, Chief Kiowa and the Cheyenne Dog SoldiersIV. Battle of Little Bighorna. Colonel Custer’s 7th cavalry vs. Lakota/Cheyenne/ArapahoV. General Allotment Act (1887)a. Cause assimilation of Indians to America by making them farmersVI. Destruction of Indian Culturea. “Kill the Indian, leave the Man”b. Richard Pratt started Carlisle School to instill American culture into IndiansVII. American West Mytha. Romanticized frontier and portrayed Indians as savagesVIII. Battle of Wounded Knee (1890)a. Geronimo/Sitting Bull involvedb. Related to Wovoka’s Ghost Dance (a dance related to peace)IX. Frontier Thesis: West is closed according to Frederick
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