Slide 1 The Native American Myth Slide 2 Bell Ringer In your notebook: List a minimum of three things you know about Native Americans. Slide 3 Who were the Native Americans?…

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” …

Chapter 17 âVast, trackless spacesâ â Walt Whitman 1890 census= Frontier Closed Significance of the Frontier in American History â Frederick Jackson Turner Distinctive…

Cowboys vs. Indians: Struggle of the western Native Americans Cowboys vs. Indians: Struggle of the western Native Americans  Mining Grows Discoveries of precious metals…

Native American Conflicts Objective 4.02 Natives live in the Great Plains. Natives followed: Tribal law Hunted Traded Produced beautifully crafted tools and clothing Plains…

Native American Conflicts Objective 4.02 Plains Native Americans Hunters and gatherers Nomadsâfollowed buffalo Extended family networks Spiritual with nature Given control…

Famous Outlaws The Massacre at Wounded Knee Fall of the Lakota Sioux The Lakota Sioux Indians were nomadic plains dwellers who followed herds of Buffalo By the year 1860,…

white settlers moving west. Hunting dropped the population of Buffalo so low they nearly became extinct. white people became land greedy. Many perished on reservations. Some…

Westward Expansion Westward Expansion âThe Great Plainsâ The Great Plains Pre Civil War viewed as a âtreeless wastelandâ - was now seen as a vast area for settlement…

The American West in the Late 1800s The American West in the Late 1800s CHANGES IN THE WEST Since the Civil War “Go West young man!” Who does this create problems for?…