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Chapter Sixteen:

The Conquest of the Far West

Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation, 4/e

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The Societies of the Far West The Western Tribes

Plains Indians

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The Societies of the Far West Hispanic New Mexico

Taos Indian Rebellion

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The Societies of the Far West Hispanic California and Texas

Anglo-American Onslaught Hispanics Oppressed

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The Societies of the Far West The Chinese Migration

Increasing Chinese Immigration

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A Chinese Family in San Francisco

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The Societies of the Far West The Chinese Migration

Increasing Chinese Immigration Transcontinental Railroad “Chinatowns” Growing Gender Balance

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The Societies of the Far West Anti-Chinese Sentiments

Chinese Exclusion Act

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The Societies of the Far West Migration from the East

Homestead Act of 1862

Norwegian Settlers in 1890s (Library of Congress)

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The Societies of the Far West Migration from the East

Homestead Act of 1862 New Western States

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The Changing Western Economy Labor in the West

Multiracial Working

Class

Immigrant Orange Pickers in Los Angeles (Library of Congress)

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The Changing Western Economy The Arrival of the Miners

Mining Booms Comstock Lode Discovered Gender Disparity

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The Changing Western Economy The Cattle Kingdom

Mexican Roots “Range Wars” Decline of the Open-Range Industry

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The Romance of the West The Western Landscape and the Cowboy

“Rocky Mountain School”

Panorama of Lake Chelan WA, 1908 (Library of Congress)

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The Romance of the West The Western Landscape and the Cowboy

“Rocky Mountain School” Cowboys Mythologized

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The Romance of the West The Idea of the Frontier

Romantic Image of the Frontier

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The Romance of the West The Idea of the Frontier

Romantic Image of the Frontier Frederick Jackson Turner

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“The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession and the advance of settlement westward, explain American Development.”

Frederick Jackson Turner

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The Romance of the West The Idea of the Frontier

Romantic Image of the Frontier Frederick Jackson Turner “Passing of the Frontier”

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The Dispersal of the Tribes White Tribal Policies

“Concentration” Policy

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The Dispersal of the Tribes White Tribal Policies

“Concentration” Policy Buffalo Herds Decimated

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Hunting Bison on the Plains (Library of Congress)

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The Dispersal of the Tribes The Indian Wars

Growing Indian Resistance Sand Creek Massacre “Indian Hunting” Custer Defeated Chief Joseph

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“I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk.”

- Chief Joseph

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The Dispersal of the Tribes The Indian Wars

Growing Indian Resistance Sand Creek Massacre “Indian Hunting” Custer Defeated Chief Joseph “Ghost Dance”

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The Dispersal of the Tribes The Indian Wars

Growing Indian Resistance Sand Creek Massacre “Indian Hunting” Custer Defeated Chief Joseph “Ghost Dance” Wounded Knee Massacre

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The Dispersal of the Tribes The Dawes Act

Assimilation Promoted

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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer From Boom to Bust

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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer Farming on the Plains

Cheap Rail Rates

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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer Farming on the Plains

Cheap Rail Rates Scarce Water Reverse Migration

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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer Commercial Agriculture

Overproduction

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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer The Farmers’ Grievances

Grievances Against Railroads Belief in Conspiracy

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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer The Agrarian Malaise

Isolation and Obsolescence

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Debating the Past:

The “Frontier” and the West

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