Transcontinental Railroad and Native Americans

4.1 Native Americans and The Railroad

The Battle of Little Big Horn

Custer's Last Stand

Learning Objectives

• Explain the deveolpment of the Transcontinental RR

• How did the Transcontinental RR change the United States

• What was the impact of the RRs on the Native Americans?

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Explain the development of the Trans Continental Railroad

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What was the Pacific Railway Act?

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What was the Homestead Act ?

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What did the Homestead Act promote?

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How did the transcontinental railroad impact the United States economically?

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How did the RR impact native americans?

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What were the options for Native Americans once the RRs arrived?

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What was the Dawes Act ?

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What was the result of Dawes Plan and the new policy of Assimilation?

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How did the US Calvary view the Ghost Dance ?

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What considered by many to the Last major battle of American Indian Wars?

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Explain what this lesson was about

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Explain one thing you found interesting from the lesson