Chapter 26- The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution 1865-1896
Following the Civil War more Americans began to move west, taking more land from Native Americans. The rights of Native Americans were ignored and their culture was disrespected. There were white Americans who wished to take their land and to punish them brutally, while others wanted to help them by getting them to walk the white mans road. Both sides ending up hurting Native Americans and taking their culture away.
1) The Dawes Act (1887)- eliminated the tribal ownership of land for Native Americans, white Americans used this as a way to assimilate Native Americans, to get them to live the same way as white Americans.
2) Helen Hunt Jackson- helped create sympathy for Native Americans through her writing. In A Century of Dishonor she described the governments treatment of Native Americans and Ramona, an 1884 novel, told of the injustice toward Native Americans in California and it sold 600,000 copies.
3) Indian Sun Dance is banned by the federal government as a way to force the Native American to take part in white American culture (1884).
4) Frontier line is declared closed by the Census Bureau in 1890, since the frontier was no longer discernible due to the settlement as many Americans moved west.
5) Peoples party (Populist) is started in 1890. It came out of the Farmers Alliances; it stood against Wall Street and the money trust. They wanted to nationalize railroads, the telephone, and telegraph and to create a federal sub-treasury to provide farmers with loans for their crops that would be stored in government owned warehouses until markets prices rose.
6) Pullman Strike (1894)- The American Railway Union had been organized by Eugene V. Debs and had about 150,000 members. Due to the Panic of 1893 the Pullman Palace Car Company was hurt and wages were cut by one-third, while the rent on houses that were provided by the company stayed the same. The workers went on strike, making it impossible for the railroads to operate across the country. The strike was put down by U.S. attorney general Richard Olney when he ordered federal troops to be sent in and Debs was sentenced to six months in prison for allowing the strike.
7) McKinley defeated Bryan for 1896 presidency, McKinley represented businessmen, professionals, skilled workers and prosperous farmers, while William Jennings Bryan represented the Democratic and Populist parties, in the final election McKinley won 51% of the popular vote compared with Bryans 46.7%.
8) Gold Standard Act (1900)- passed by William McKinley, it set gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money in the United States, meaning that silver could no longer be exchanged for gold.
9) Native Americans were not given U.S. citizenship until 1924.
10) National Grange is organized in 1867; it is an agricultural organization that deals with economic development, education, family endeavors, and legislation for rural and agricultural areas in America.
You said that the Native American's rights were being taken away and so was their land, but did they do anything to fight against it? Because obviously they must not have been too happy with it. Do you think that they would have been able to protect their land if they were forceful enough?
The Indian Sundance was also banned because didn't they feel that it created too much Native American identity? In other words, did they think the indians were conjugating? I dont know, i cant remember. Englighten me??
The Indian Sundance was also banned because didn't they feel that it created too much Native American identity? In other words, did they think the indians were conjugating? I dont know, i cant remember. Englighten me??
Yeah, you had it there! They feared the power in numbers, so... cue the Dawes Act. rough, eh?
Info. from ch. 26 text: After the Civil War, Texas had a lot of cattle. When the transcontinental railroads came into the West, the cattle was abe to be shipped to the stockyards, and the highly indstrialized meatpacking business came to existence as a main means of the economy. The stockyards at Kansas City and Chicago allowed the meatpackers to ship their fresh products to the East Coast in the newly perfected refrigerator cars.
Amanda wrote: 9) Native Americans were not given U.S. citizenship until 1924.
Amada Wrote blahblahblah...you said they were given U.s citizenship during the 1924 era. But the Native Americans citizenship wasnt complete due to the fact
that they were not given equal rights. do you think american people were in
fear of the native americans thats why they put them on lower standards???
Why do you think the Native Americans were treated so badly? Was it because their land was that valuable or was it because the white Americans were scared of their differences?
3) Indian Sun Dance is banned by the federal government as a way to force the Native American to take part in white American culture (1884).
Why do u think the Americans would limit the culture of the Native Americans especially after they already had them in little camps?
I know this question is not for me.... but I wanted to put out my opinion on this. I think that Americans wouldn't be able to limit their cultures. This sort of goes with the little project or debate we did in class concerning the issue of communism. One of the things that could be done is that we could've sort of boxed in all of the communist so that it wouldn't spread.... but it's obvious that that in no way would stop the expansion of the idea. So in this case it's the same. Even though they were closed in little camps they still had that part of them that no one could touch and they would treasure that because that was something that no one could just take away from them unless they allowed it to happen. But that's just me. I don't think they would be able to take that away from the Native Americans. Is that what you were asking or did I completely take it in the wrong way??? I tend to do that a lot. so if I took it in the wrong way then completely disregard this post!!!!!
