Reading Notes 1-1 Flashcards
delivered the frontier thesis at the Columbian expedition in Chicago that shaped the views of the American west for several generations
Frederick Jackson Turner
the essay written by Frederick Jackson Turner
“frontier thesis”-
folk character that dramatized the conquest of frontiers in a stage extravaganza called “The Wild West”
“Buffalo Bill” Cody
were the primary prey of hunts
Buffalo (American Bison)
locations where the federal government tried to force western Indians so they might become civilized, areas that were least desirable to whites. The government promised protection from white encroachment, food, clothing and other necessities
Reservations
John Chivington attacked a Cheyenne band under Black Kettle, killing almost every Indian
Sand Creek Massacre
After conquering the Cheyenne in 1776, the Lakota took over the territory In 1868, the U.S. government signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, exempting them from all white settlement forever. However, when European Americans discovered gold there in 1874, as a result of George Armstrong Custer’s Expedition, miners swept into the area in a gold rush.(internet search)
Black Hills
chiefs who led the Lakota’s and Cheyenne’s surrounded and annihilated 256 government troops at little big horn
Sitting Bull, crazy horse, rain in the face
led the government troops at little big horn
George Armstrong Custer
the battle between Custer and the Indians, where the indians won and Custer was killed
Little Big Horn
led the Nez Percé Indians
Chief Young Joseph
Northwest Indians led by Joseph young escaped reservations by fleeing to Canada who surrender to US troops
Nez Percé
southwest Indians (battled whites after being forced onto reservations)
Apache
American apache Indian chief
Geronimo
Northern Paiute religious leader who founded the Ghost Dance movement
Wovoka