After the civil war the west continued to expand. The homestead act and transcontinental railroad led to the growth of towns and cities as well as farming and the cattle industry. Farmers faced problems and organized the farmers alliance the largest citizens movement of the nineteenth century farmers sought to remedy their situation‚ it was founded in texas in the late 1870’s‚ the alliance spread to forty-three stats by 1890. The alliance proposed that the federal government establish warehouses
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American West The “American West” is not what many people think of when they hear those words. People think of it as cowboys and Indians fighting on the Great Plains and in the canyons or the travel across rugged terrain traveling as fast as they could for the gold rush. In all honesty the west started as soon as the Americas began to be colonized and many historians say it begins at the Proclamation Line of 1763. They had many struggles with the Native Americans‚ the French trying to take their
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is time for you to claim your 160 acres! Come to the west! You can be like James Oliver who developed a new plow with a sharper edge. Try working on the new bonanza farms with expensive machinery and professional managers. Come live in a dugout‚ a house dug into the sides of a hill. But be careful because the weather can be harsh causing crops to die and water is scarce. Most farms are in Texas‚ The Great Plains‚ and California. Come to the west farmers! With the Homestead Act passed‚ it is time
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was born on May 1‚ 1852 in Princeton‚ Missouri. Her real name is Martha Cannary. She was the oldest of five other siblings in her family. The family moved from Missouri to Montana. She enjoyed riding horses and being outdoors. On their journey to the West‚ she did a lot of hunting and spent a lot of time with the men. After her mother died they moved to Utah‚ and her father died later in the year. Since she was the oldest‚ she became in charge of the house. She decided to take the family back to Wyoming
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and talks deep and slow and really southern‚ not nice unless he knows you‚ sleeps on the ground‚ love his horse. 2. Read about all of the cowboys found at Legends of America. 3. Then you will select one Badman and Lawman‚ one Woman of the West‚ one Showbiz Cowboy‚ and one Cowboy
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Historical Fiction Narrative My name is Elizabeth‚ I’m 15 and I’m moving to the West with my family. We are going there for something called the Homestead Act. The Homestead Act is when you get 160 acres of land for free for 5 years. During the 5 years‚ you must grow crops. But my father is going to the West for mining gold. It’s May 8th‚ 1861. Tomorrow my family and I leave for the West. We are going by railroad. It will be my first time going on the railroad. I’m so excited yet nervous. I
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The Wild West was a new beginning for many new people who were having troubles in their life. There were many reasons why people wanted to move west including farm land‚ new job openings‚ gold‚ and criminals came over because there was a lack of cops and some people just wanted to start over. To begin with many people came over to the Wild West in search of gold which would lead them to a better life of being rich. But often time’s people weren’t as successful as they thought they would be in search
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January 13‚ 2013 Chapter 26 Notes (1865-1896) * The Clash Of Cultures on the Plains 1) As the White settlers began to populate the Great West‚ the Indians‚ caught in the middle‚ increasingly turned against each other‚ were infected with White man’s diseases‚ and were stuck battling to hunt the few remaining bison 2) The Sioux‚ displaced by Chippewas from the their ancestral lands at the headwaters of the Mississippi in the late 1700s‚ expanded at the expense of the Crows‚ Kiowas‚ and
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The “Duke” When I think of an American cowboy in my mind I see a picture of John Wayne mounted high on his horse in a desert setting riding out into the sunset. His name is synonymous with the western film genre. John Wayne’s characters are known world-wide as American symbols that embody the true characteristics of how Americans ought to be. His characters were always so tough‚ courageous‚ and upstanding. For this and other reasons I consider the actor‚ John Wayne‚ to have had a tremendously
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-Jack Twist- | | | 1.The original image of the wild west‚ contains two elements: the confrontation of nature and civilization‚ and of freedom with social constraint. Civilization is what threatens nature; and their move from bondage or constraint into independence‚ which constitutes the essence of America as a radical European ideal in the 18th and early 19th centuries‚ is actually what brings civilization into the wild west and so destroys it. In terms of social content‚ he had a double
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