The West Indian Removal Act 1830 Land Greed

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The West

The West

Indian Removal Act (1830) • Land Greed forces Indians off of their land •

Indian Removal Act (1830) • Land Greed forces Indians off of their land • Destroys the Indian family unit

Homestead Act (1862) • Gave land to those who lived on it for 5

Homestead Act (1862) • Gave land to those who lived on it for 5 years • People received 160 acres

Battle of Little Big Horn • General Custer defeated by Chief Sitting Bull •

Battle of Little Big Horn • General Custer defeated by Chief Sitting Bull • Often called “Custer’s Last Stand”

 • 1858, Gold discovered at Pikes Peak Massacre at Sand Creek • US

• 1858, Gold discovered at Pikes Peak Massacre at Sand Creek • US Col. John Chivington launched an attack on Cheyenne • Nov. 29, 1864 under a white flag. • Colorado Territory • After a series of battles that followed, Cheyenne hold on the • Col. Militia attacks Cheyenne west began to slip and Arapaho • Up to 170 killed, mostly women and children • Land was granted to Cheyenne and Arapaho by the Ft. Laramie Treaty (1851)

Dawes General Allotment Act (Dawes Act) • Feb. 8, 1887 • Dividing reservations •

Dawes General Allotment Act (Dawes Act) • Feb. 8, 1887 • Dividing reservations • provided for the division of tribally held lands into individually-owned parcels and opening "surplus" lands to settlement by non. Indians and development by railroads.

Battle of Wounded Knee • December 29, 1890 • US 7 th Cavalry vs.

Battle of Wounded Knee • December 29, 1890 • US 7 th Cavalry vs. Lakota Sioux • Sioux captured and taken to an encampment • Colonel James Forsyth and surrounded the encampment supported by four Hotchkiss guns (repeating gun) • Massacred the prisoners.

Cowboys • Spanish roots • Move cattle from place to place • Aztec prisoners

Cowboys • Spanish roots • Move cattle from place to place • Aztec prisoners used to manage • Chisholm Trail, Santé Fe Trail and keep up with Spanish horses and cattle • 6 shooter • Foods, clothing, terms • 25% were Black Americans • Avg. age 17

Beef Demands • Ranchers vs. Free Grazers • Ranchers: homesteaders who have farmed land

Beef Demands • Ranchers vs. Free Grazers • Ranchers: homesteaders who have farmed land maybe even own large amounts of lands • Free grazers: basically cowboys. People who make their money moving cattle from point A to point B to be sold and sent east for beef. • Rise in demand of beef • Shipping by railroads • Barbed wire stopped long cattle drives • Kept cattle off of crops and land • Battles between “free grazers” and “ranchers” occur.