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Movement West

Explore the push West in the U.S., bloody clashes with natives, government actions, destruction of buffalo, economic hardships for farmers, and the rise and fall of Populism.

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Movement West

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  1. Movement West

  2. Movement out West • Comparison of Lifestyles • Horse and Buffalo • Family Life • Why are we moving west?

  3. Actions of U.S. Government Towards Native Americans • 1. Bloody Conflicts • Sand Creek (1864) • Fetterman Massacre/Battle of Hundred Slain (1866) • Red River War (1874-1875) • Custer’s Last Stand (1876) • Battle of Wounded Knee (1890)

  4. 2. Acts • Dawes Act (1887) • Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) • Assimilation • 3. Destruction of the Buffalo

  5. Farmers and Populism

  6. Economic Woes for Farmers • Homesteaders: settling on free land • Expensive machinery • Rising cost in shipping grain

  7. The story of Populism • Development • Key Goals • Support of bi-metallic money • Why did the populists lose in 1896? • Childhood ruining moment #2

  8. Help for Farmers • Homestead Act of 1862 • Morrill Act of 1862 and 1890 • Hatch Act 1887 • Bonanza Farms • Granger Laws • Farmer’s Alliances

  9. Panic of 1893 • Railroads go bankrupt • Gold supplies decrease • Result? • End of Populism

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