Transcript Chapter 18 Notes

The Western Frontier
Section 1, The Western Frontier
Lodes
Mineral ore sandwiched
between layers of rock
underground
Side note: Companies started to replace the individual
miner
Side note: Hewey Comstock sold his gold lode for
$11,000. $300M was mined (silver too)
Video Clip Modern Marvels
 Comstock Lode (7 min.)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggYFxNHUmn8
Railroads!
Railroads begin to connect the country.
Transcontinental RR
Immigrants
Plan to connect Atlantic
to the Pacific
Irish and Chinese
settlers (African
American too)
Side note: work conditions were horrible
Promontory Point Vid.
 About 7 minutes
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDeu1uuruhg&play
next=1&list=PL4A9E576CC083AA43&feature=results_v
ideo
Railroads continued
Promontory Point
Utah Territory. This is
where the golden spike
was driven into the
railroad tie, connecting
East and West
President Grant Vid. Clip
 Ulysses S. Grant's Presidency (2:31) TV-PG
 General Ulysses S. Grant parlayed his celebrity after
the Civil War into a successful bid for the presidency.
 http://www.history.com/topics/ulysses-s-
grant/videos#president-ulysses-s-grant-the-celebrity
Transcontinental RR
 Transcontinental Railroad (3:27) TV-PG
Find out how the transcontinental railroad
transformed America into one nation.
 http://www.history.com/topics/transcontinental-
railroad/videos#transcontinental-railroad
 End s.1
Section 2, Ranchers and Farmers
 Cattle, Long drives, Texas Longhorns, 1000 miles,
stampedes, hard work, and long days.
Vaqueros
Hispanic ranch hands from the
Spanish SW. Ranching will replace
the long drive.
Vid. Clip (Vaqueros) 5 min.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW2f0SEujxs
And don’t forget the barbed wire!
 Clip 2 min.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDS2XJ4tsYg
 Add in….Rodeo clowns/bullriding
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV7QAjzsvtI
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QKGxWY_zvU
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqs-
xlzcHUE&list=LPCERTWqQZIzg&index=1
 Sports: Football vs. Bullriding (above 6 min)
barbed wire….
Farmers
Homestead Act 1862
Free land, 160 acres, live on it
for 5 years, sod houses!
Side note: Dry farming, windmills to pump water,
barbed wire was invented, steel plows helped!
Moving west had risks…
 The Donner Party (4:24) TV-PG
 Western migration through uncharted regions strands
a wagon train in the Sierra Mountains leaving little
choice for survival.
 http://www.history.com/topics/donnerparty/videos#the-donner-party
 End s.2
Section 3, Native American
Struggles
Indian Wars
Battle of Little Big Horn
River (Montana)
Many tribes refusing to move
to reservations. Why?
Sioux led by Crazy
Horse and Sitting Bull
Side note: They crushed General Custer and his army of
about 250.
Famous Native Americans
Sitting Bull
 Sitting Bull (2:54) TV-PG
 The tragic, yet true tale of Sitting Bull, the leader of
the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux tribe who led his people's
resistance against the United States, sung by musician
and artist Jeffrey Lewis.
http://www.history.com/topics/american-indianwars/videos#sitting-bull
The importance of the buffalo
 The Buffalo and Native Americans (1:52) TV-PG
 The buffalo was an essential part of Native American
life, used in everything from religious rituals to teepee
construction.
 http://www.history.com/topics/american-indian-
wars/videos#the-buffalo-and-native-americans
The importance of the buffalo
 American Buffalo (2:52) TV-PG
 The construction of the railroad led to the near-
extinction of the buffalo, which had sustained native
populations for centuries.
 http://www.history.com/topics/american-indian-
wars/videos#american-buffalo
Wounded Knee, SD
 300 Lakota Sioux were slaughtered
 U.S. Government policies with Westward Expansion
came at a high price for Indigenous tribes across the
United States.
 The Last of the Sioux (3:48) TV-PG
 Resistant to government regulated reservations, the
Sioux retreated into the Black Hills until a final
massacre at Wounded Knee.
 http://www.history.com/topics/american-indianwars/videos#the-last-of-the-sioux
American Holocaust of Native
American Indians - Compared
to Jewish Holocaust by Nazi
Hitler, Racism
 About 9 minutes
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X9tEQqCpew
 End section 3
Section 4 Farmers in Protest
 Side notes: Problems with farming…
 prices for grain were too low
 Railroads charged farmers more to ship grain than
manufactured goods
 Banks wanted to foreclose on farmers when crops
failed
 They begin to organize out of frustration to improve
conditions
Farmers organizing…
 The Grange
offered farmers education,
socialization, and general
support
 Cooperatives
place where farmers could buy
and sell goods at a lower price
Side note: The Grange had limited success.
Society is changing…
 Populist party
pushed for many reforms
 Side notes: Some began to take place in the early
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1900s such as…
8 hour workday
Abandoned the gold standard
40 hour work week
Income tax begins
Secret ballot at elections, and direct election of
Senators End. C.18 notes
How are Native Americans
treated now?
Link…
 Do any of these make you feel uncomfortable?
 http://mcbrez.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/native-
american-cartoons-2/
Another perspective…