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AMERICAN STORY
THE FALL & RISE OF THE AMERICAN BISON
ESSENTIAL CHAPTER QUESTION
ESSENTIAL CHAPTER QUESTION
How did westward migration affect the culture and way of life of Native American groups?
GOLD, SILVER, AND CATTLE
GOLD, SILVER, AND CATTLE
MINING BOOMTOWNS | CATTLE AND THE LONG DRIVE
The discovery of valuable metals in the American West caused a population explosion as people rushed to work in the mines or start businesses to support the miners.
The cattle industry relied upon a wide range of people doing vastly different kinds of work in different parts of the country.
FARM ECONOMICS AND POPULISM
FARM ECONOMICS AND POPULISM
FARMING IN THE WEST | WOMEN AND CHILDREN ON THE PRAIRIE | FARMERS AND POPULISM
Many homesteaders rushed west to claim the free land in the West offered by the U.S. government.
On the prairie, a new American identity formed around community, religion, and hard work performed by all family members.
Farmers organized to promote political ideas they hoped would change the economy to be more favorable to agriculture.
NATIVE AMERICANS FIGHT TO SURVIVE
NATIVE AMERICANS FIGHT TO SURVIVE
NATIVE AMERICANS ON THE PLAINS | CONSERVATION OF THE AMERICAN BISON | NATIVE AMERICANS OF NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST | WOUNDED KNEE
As more people moved onto the plains, Native Americans were forced to fight for their land and their culture.
“ The bison is an animal of myth and lore and the backbone of Native American cultures. It is truly an American species.” —Joel Sartore
The U.S. government continued to push Native Americans off their ancestral lands and onto reservations throughout the West.
Once the U.S. Army defeated Native Americans in the West, the government increased its efforts to force Native Americans to assimilate to American culture.
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Cattle Drive - (n.) the process of moving a herd of cows and steers from one place to another, usually from ranch to railroad hub
Entrepreneur - (n.) a person who starts, manages, and is responsible for a business
Ghost Town - (n.) an abandoned town that has fallen into ruin
Hydraulic Mining - (n.) a system of mining in which pressurized water is used to remove topsoil and gravel, which are then processed to draw out precious metals
Lode - (n.) a large deposit of ore, such as silver or gold
Placer Mining - (n.) a system of mining in which individual miners find gold nuggets in riverbeds, usually by panning
Posse - (n.) a group organized by a sheriff to hunt down criminals or fugitives
Stockyard - (n.) an enormous outdoor corral in which animals are penned until they can be slaughtered
Bonanza Farm - (n.) an enormous farm established by an investor who runs it for profit
Cooperative - (n.) a group of farmers or others who combine their money to purchase needed products and services
Creditor - (n.) a person to whom a debt is owed
Exoduster - (n.) one of the thousands of African Americans who migrated to the midwestern plains from the post-Civil-War South to start a new life
Farmers' Alliance - (n.) one of several organizations founded in the 1880s to advance political and economic concerns of farmers; similar to the Grange by more political
Free Silver Movement - (n.) a late-19th-century economic movement that promoted a monetary system based on silver in addition to gold
Gold Standard - (n.) a monetary policy requiring that the government can print only an amount of money equal to the total value of its gold reserves
Grange - (n.) a U.S. farmers' organization founded in 1867 to provide social and economic support to agricultural families
Industrialist - (n.) a person who owns and runs an industry
Migrant Worker - (n.) a laborer who moves from one job to another as needed; usually a farm laborer
Populist - (n.) a politician who claims to represent the concerns of ordinary people
Prairie - (n.) a vast area of flat land covered with tall plants
Recession - (n.) an economic downturn
Surplus - (n.) the amount left over; an excess
Americanization - (n.) the act of teaching immigrants and Native Americans the mainstream culture and language of the United States with the expectation that they will adapt to and embrace it
Ghost Dance - (n.) a Native-American religious movement based on a dance ritual meant to communicate with the dead and bring an end to white control of the West; began in the 1870s
Long Walk - (n.) the 300-mile forced walk of the Navajo from their homeland to a reservation at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico; imposed by the U.S. government in 1864
Reservation - (n.) an area of land in the United States that is kept specifically for Native Americans to live on
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