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Westward Expansion: A New History

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Instructions: Use your reading to fill in the circles below.

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HorsesList the ways that horses

contributed to the transformation of the West.

The Transformation of a Continent

TreatiesList the ways that treaties contributed

to the transformation of the West. Be sure to consider the ways in which they affected both Indian

and European groups.

TradeList the ways that trade

contributed to the transforma-tion of the West. Be sure to consider

the ways in which it affected both Indian and European groups.

Land Ownership

List the ways that land ownership contributed to the transformation of the

West. Be sure to consider the ways in which it affected both Indian and European groups.

GunsList the ways that guns contributed

to the transformation of the West.

DiseasesList the ways that diseases

contributed to the transforma-tion of the West.



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Instructions: Use your reading to fill in the chart below. In the gray boxes where each “EVENT” is listed, define or describe the event. In the middle column, describe how these events affected the United States, Mexico, and other Indian groups in the West. In the right hand column, describe the ways in which these events affected groups in southern Arizona. You may need to refer to your Part I reading to fill in some of the boxes.

Different Historical Perspectives

EVENT:

Description

HISTORY OF CONTINENT: Effects in the United States, Mexi-co, and/or among Indian groups

LOCAL HISTORY:

Effects in Southern Arizona

Spanish colonization:

Mexican War for Inde-pendence:

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo:

Gadsden Purchase:

Increased U.S. settle-ment in the West:

U.S. Civil War:

Peace Policy:

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Groups in Southern Arizona

O’ODHAMWhen did they arrive in the region?

Explain how the O’odham both cooperated and had conflict with other groups.

Apaches:

Spanish/Mexican settlers:

U.S. settlers:

How did the O’odham use violence?

APACHESWhen did they arrive in the region?

Explain how Apaches both cooperated and had conflict with other groups.

O’odham:


U.S. settlers:

How did the Apaches use violence?

SPANISH/MEXICANSWhen did they arrive in the region?

Explain how the Spanish/Mexican settlers both cooperated and had conflict with other groups.

O’odham:

Apaches:

U.S. settlers:

How did the Spanish/Mexicans use violence?

U.S. SETTLERSWhen did they arrive in the region?

Explain how U.S. settlers both cooperated and had conflict with other groups.

O’odham:

Apaches:


How did the U.S. settlers use violence?

Instructions: Use your reading to fill in the boxes below.

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Instructions: Use your reading to fill in the boxes below. First list the economic, environmental, and military changes in the West that convinced or coerced Native American groups to move onto reservations. Then, in the gray box entitled “U.S. Indian Policy,” explain the three policies. Finally, describe the economic, social, and cultural effects that these policies had on Indian groups.

U.S. Indian Policy in the Late Nineteenth Century

U.S. INDIAN POLICYReservations:

Assimilation of Indian children:

Allotment:

CULTURAL* effects on Native American groups:

ECONOMIC effects on Native American groups:

SOCIAL* effects on Native American groups:

ENVIRONMENTAL factors:

RESERVATIONS

MILITARY factors:

ECONOMIC factors:

*Note: A social effect changes a group’s society, including things like education, government, family, and group location. A cultural effect changes the way a group practices its culture, including things like religion, language, values, and other customs.

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