Wednesday, January 7th - Period 6 Lesson 6

Open Ended

Bellringer Question:

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act and why did the United States Congress pass this law in 1882?

• railroad subsidies

  • Government grants/payments

  • Land or money

  • Pacific Railway Act (p.5)

• Morrill Land-Grant Acts

  • Granted Federal land for the purpose of building A&M colleges/universities

• Fredrick Jackson Turner

  • "rugged individualism"

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Migration West

• Exodusters

  • Nickname given to African Americans who migrated west to Kansas, Oklahoma & Colorado

  • Fleeing the KKK and discriminatory laws in the South

  • Seeking better opportunity in the West​

​Migration West

• Key Native American Leaders

  • Crazy Horse

    • Led resistance to the U.S.

  • Sitting Bull

    • Led resistance to the U.S.

    • Fought in the Battle of LBH

  • Chief Joseph

    • Led resistance to the U.S.

• Little Big Horn (Montana)

  • Major Native American victory

  • Led to strong response by U.S.

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​Migration West

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• Great Sioux War

  • War between the U.S. military and Lakota, Cheyenne & Arapaho

  • Tribes from LBH

  • Ended in 1881 with the surrender of Sitting Bull

• Massacre/Battle of Wounded Knee

  • The last major encounter between the U.S. & Natives

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​Migration West

• Helen Hunt Jackson

  • Author who wrote "A Century of Dishonor"

  • Advocated for improved treatment of Native Americans

• Ghost Dance

  • Native religious belief that a Native American messiah would Banish the United States, bring back the buffalo and restore lands

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Migration West

• Dawes (Severalty) Act

  • Law intended to do 2 things:

    • Take most valuable land

      • farming, ranching, mining, etc.

    • Assimilate/Americanize Natives

    • Natives given an option to move to a reservation or become a homesteader and a citizen

• Assimilate into American culture

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​Migration West

​Workbook pg. 81-82

Directions for pg. 29 - Read the primary source interview and answer the 3 questions below.

Directions for pg. 30 - Analyze the photographs and the primary source interview in order to answer the questions.

Directions for pg. 31 - Analyze the maps to answer the questions.