Chapter 17 Flashcards
Despite promises from the American government that indians pushed west would be unmolested the relentless push west made such agreements meaningless
Reasons for failure:
1: Land Fever
2: Homestead Act 1862
3: The California gold rush
grant, reluctant to spend more money and sacrifice more lives in battle adopted a policy of
Peace
the government sought control of Indian lands and promised in return annuities and put the Indians on land reserved for their use called:
Reservations
passed by Congress, divided the reservations and allotted parcels of land to individuals as private property
Dallas Allotment Act
Indians that left the reservations were termed _____________, it became the task of the ___________ to bring them back to the reservations
Hostile, US army
?
Diease
38 Indians hanged
Santee/Great Sioux Uprising
Dr. William Mayo
?
who will assist the US army in its war against their old enemy the Sioux
Crow, Arikara, Pawnee and Shoshone
In 1980 the supreme court awarded them $122.5 million in compensation. the Sioux refuse and press for their return
Black Hills
form of nonviolent resistance
Ghost dance
in 1868 general Philip Sheridan acknowledged and applauded white hunters for “destroying the Indians commissary”
Buffalos
from 1870-1890 corporate consolidation occurs in
mining, ranching, and agriculture
in 1859 California gold rushers discover the richest ore strike on the continent in Nevada
Comstock Lode
quickest way to make money was to
sell land claims or forming companies and selling stock in that company
open range
barbed wire
dugouts carved in hillsides
sodbusters
most prevalent fuel avilable
buffalo dung
farming will become a big buissness
agribuissness
in 1893 the government opens
oklahoma
the debate over polygamy postponed statehood
utah
in 1870 ______% of Americans were rural
80%
by 1900 ____% were rural
66%
he toured in the US, great Britain, and Europe featuring “custer’s last stand”, “little miss sure shot” and sitting bull
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
