Slide 1 1. Before the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty was proposed as a means of a. deciding the legality of slavery in a territory. b. allowing states to…

Slide 1Chapter 26 1865-1896 Slide 2 Due to white civilization, Indians had been forced to the Western plains which resulted in cultural changes Apaches been displaced by…

Slide 1 Objective 4.01: Compare and contrast the different groups of people who migrated to the West and describe the problems they experienced. Why did settlers Move West…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Question?? I was the former slave who founded Tuskegee Institute? Slide 3 Answer!! Booker T. washington Slide 4 Question?? I founded one of the first department…

Slide 1 The Last West and the New South 1865-1900 Daniel Acosta Zamir Borja Helen Cai Slide 2 The West-Settlement of In the 1800s  “Great American Desert”  Arid…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Text Notes  By the end of the Civil War, about 250,000 Indians lived in the region west of the Mississippi River. Referred to as “the great American…

Slide 1 Chapter 17 The Transformation of the Trans- Mississippi West 1860-1900 Slide 2 Introduction What roles did the army and the railroads play in the settlement of the…

Slide 1 The Wild West? 1865-1900 Slide 2 Themes Peopling American Identity Work Exchange Technology Slide 3 Cowboys Longhorn cattle makes the Long Drive possible 1300 mile…

Slide 1 Slide 2 What is your image of the cowboy? What was the “real cowboy?” – many “Vaqueros” Why the image? William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Show…

Slide 1 Slide 2  Discoveries of precious metals in the West causes the explosion of boomtowns  No established gov’t, vigilance committees enforce the “law” …