Transcript Chapter 23: Tensions in the West

 Americans moved west and pushed N.A
around and that caused tensions
Friendship with Whites:
 Friendliest tribe and never killed a single white
man
 Chief Joseph did not move from the land until
he was forced to move
Blood is Shed:
 Young warriors went out and killed whites
 American troops came and started firing their
guns and were beaten by the Nez Perce’
The Fight to Canada:
 They went to Canada to be free
 U.S army followed and finally Nez Perce’
gave up
 They were sent to reservations and almost
all died
The Homestead Act:
 If you move west and live for five years you
get 160 acres for free
The Pacific Railroad Act:
 Land was given to railroad companies for
the track they laid
 This brought more people to the West
 Two railroads: Union Pacific and Central
Pacific
The Union Pacific Builds West:
 Workers lived in dangerous tent cities
 N.A were upset because of the invasion of their
land that they started killing workers
 U.S army came and gave protection
The Central Pacific Builds East:
 Most workers left to mine for Silver
 Chinese workers took over and they did a
better job
The Two Lines Meet:
 They met at Promontory Point, Utah
 Drove a gold spike to finish the tracks
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What two things did Americans do to cause
tensions in the west?
What caused American troops to attack the
Nez Perce and eventually lose a battle to
them?
Where were the Nez Perce’ sent and almost
all of them died?
What Act gave you 160 free acres of land if
you moved west and lived there for five
years?
What Act gave land to the railroad
companies if they had laid tracks on it?
Why did Native Americans finally move to
the reservations?
Boomtowns and Ghost Towns:
 Gold and Silver was found and new cities
were formed
 Gold and Silver were gone the cities moved
away
Mining Changed the West:
 Because of mining new settlers came to the
west for new opportunities
The Extermination of the Buffalo:
 Ranchers killed buffalo and sold their parts to
the East
 They killed ALL of the buffalo
 N.A went to reservations because they had no
food because there were no buffalo left
The “Long Drive”:
 Cowboys brought their cattle to Stockyards
(holding pen for cattle next to railroad
tracks)
 They took cattle across the states and then
shipped cattle by train because it was faster
 Stockyards were in towns called Cow Towns
 Dodge City was the most famous one
The End of the “Long Drive”
 Winter of 1887 was very cold and killed the
cattle
 Ended cattle herding
 Herding brought many more people to the
west
 The West was labeled the “Great American
Desert”
The Homesteaders Arrive:
 Different groups went to the West looking for
new starts
 Russian Mennonites came for religious
freedom
Farming the Dry Plains:
 Problems: lack of water, no trees to build
homes and grasshoppers ate the plants
 Fixed Problems: pumped water from
underground, built homes from sod
 Mennonites introduced new wheat that
grew there
 General Custer went into N.A. territory looking
for gold and caused war
Reservation Life:
 N.A. did not get food they were promised
 No room
 Many left and attacked whites and hunted
The Battle of the Little Big Horn:
 Gold was found in Montana; N.A areas
 N.A were forced out and did not leave
 General Custer attacked a group of N.A
 In minutes Custer and his men were all dead
(Custer’s Last Stand)
 N.A eventually were forced into reservations
What was the name of the most famous Cow Town in the
West?
2. What was the name used to label the Western part of the
United States?
3. General Custer went into Native Americans territory
looking for gold and instead caused what to happen?
4. Native Americans were upset because they did not get
what they were promised so they started hunting and
attacking who?
5. Native Americans were forced out of their land in
Montana because what was found there?
6. Who was the General that attacked a group of Native
Americans because they would not leave Montana?
7. When the U.S attacked the Native Americans it backfired
and in minutes the U.S army were all dead, what was the
name given to this battle?
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