ASSIGNMENT 1:
Sources:
  • textbook --> pp. 614 - 628.
  • AMSCO --> pp. 315 - 317 [Doc. A --> pp. 328 - 329].
  • Heffner doc. book --> pp. 213 - 222.
Terms :
*  Great American Desert *  Geronimo
*  John Chivington *  Bureau of Indian Affairs
*  Sandy Creek Massacre *  Ghost Dance
*  2nd. Treaty of Ft. Laramie *  Battle of Wounded Knee, SD
*  Gen. George A. Custer *  Dawes Act
*  Battle of Little Big Horn *  Mary Josephine Welch
*  Crazy Horse *  Helen Hunt Jackson
*  Sitting Bull *  A Century of Dishonor
*  Nez Percé *  Frederick Jackson Turner
Questions:
  1. Why was Native American culture incompatible with white culture?
  2. How was federal policy toward Native Americans implemented during the late 19c?
  3. Explain the advantages and disadvantages that the Plains Indians had in their conflicts with white settlers.  Why did white culture prevail?
  4. What happened to the great buffalo herds in the last half of the 19c?  How did it affect Native American life?
  5. Identify some of the major encounters/battles between Native Americans and white settlers/the U. S. army.
  6. What was the basic objective of the Dawes Act?  How did it try to accomplish this goal?
  7. Describe the effects of gender imbalance on the lifestyle and character of western mining camps.
  8. What was the impact of racial and ethnic diversity on the emergence of collective violence in western mining camps?
  9. Explain the impact of corporate control of the mining industry on the western environment and on mining labor.
  10. What was the essence of Turner's "frontier thesis?"  How accurate was it?
 

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:
Sources:
  • textbook --> pp. pp. 628 - 637.
  • AMSCO --> pp. 310 - 315.
Terms :
*  Texas "longhorns" *  Homestead Act of 1862
*  Chisholm Trail *  Exodusters
*  sin taxes *  sodbusters
Questions:
  1. Describe the origins, purposes, and practices of the "long drive" and "open range" periods of the cattle industry.
  2. What were the characteristics and functions of the western cow town that emerged in the late 19c?
  3. How did the transformation of open-range ranching change the nature of the cattle industry on the western frontier?
  4. What were the limitations of the 1862 Homestead Act as a means of helping Americans establish their own farms in the West?
  5. How was the railroad so essential in promoting the migration of western settlers?
  6. In what ways did American settlement in the West impact on individual land ownership by Hispanics in village communities?
  7. What unique challenges did women settlers face in the West?
  8. How did Western farmers use invention, technology, and innovation to meet the challenges of western settlement?
  9. How were market forces changing the nature of American agriculture at the end of the 19c?
  10. What were the main grievances of the late 19c farmer?
  11. Why did many Americans view the West so romantically?