Ap Us History
Thesis Sentence:
The lives of the Plains Indians in the second half of the nineteenth century were affected by technological developments and government actions politically, economically, religiously, socially, intellectually, and geographically.
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Background Paragraph - How the Indians were treated before the second half of the 19th Century.
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The technological developments and government actions affected the Indians in the second half of the 19th Century politically because:
• They did not have a say in government very much even though they were more “civilized”
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The technological developments and government actions affected the Indians in the second half of the 19th Century economically because:
• Transcontinental Railroad - Indians lost their food sources, such as bison, due to the rapid constructions of buildings and technological things that did not let the bison roam free
o Lots of bison caused hunting -> they almost went extinct
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The technological developments and government actions affected the Indians in the second half of the 19th Century religiously because:
• Indians that changed left their culture and spiritual practices behind
o Became Christians – only a few
o Were allowed in churches
• Indians that did not changed were being forced to change
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The technological developments and government actions affected the Indians in the second half of the 19th Century socially because:
• Indians who changed left their practices and became more “civilized” according to the white Americans
o They were more accepted than the non-changed Indians
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The technological developments and government actions affected the Indians in the second half of the 19th Century intellectually because:
• Indians who changed got the same education white
The lives of the Plains Indians in the second half of the nineteenth century were affected by technological developments and government actions politically, economically, religiously, socially, intellectually, and geographically.
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Background Paragraph - How the Indians were treated before the second half of the 19th Century.
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The technological developments and government actions affected the Indians in the second half of the 19th Century politically because:
• They did not have a say in government very much even though they were more “civilized”
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The technological developments and government actions affected the Indians in the second half of the 19th Century economically because:
• Transcontinental Railroad - Indians lost their food sources, such as bison, due to the rapid constructions of buildings and technological things that did not let the bison roam free
o Lots of bison caused hunting -> they almost went extinct
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The technological developments and government actions affected the Indians in the second half of the 19th Century religiously because:
• Indians that changed left their culture and spiritual practices behind
o Became Christians – only a few
o Were allowed in churches
• Indians that did not changed were being forced to change
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The technological developments and government actions affected the Indians in the second half of the 19th Century socially because:
• Indians who changed left their practices and became more “civilized” according to the white Americans
o They were more accepted than the non-changed Indians
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The technological developments and government actions affected the Indians in the second half of the 19th Century intellectually because:
• Indians who changed got the same education white