Paul Shim Miguel Estagle Crystal Yun Katelynn Mayfield Rachel Duncan 2.Evaluate the extent to which the American West a land of opportunity for various groups from 1865 to 1900. (Paul Shim chapter 27 #2) The popular idea of westward expansion was still thriving in the United States‚ which caused many people to migrate towards the west. The American West in the second half of the 19th century was a land of opportunity on the surface‚ but it also had its hardships for people such as the average farmer
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Secrets of the Legendary Outlaw Jesse James When we think of the American West‚ we often envision a cowboy saving the day and riding off into the sunset. Wistfulness often sets in‚ and we begin to wish for simpler times when the good guys and the bad guys were distinguishable‚ when everything was so simple. Unfortunately‚ those times never existed; what remains in our minds is the romanticized version of the American West‚ synthesized by Hollywood. John Henry‚ Paul Bunyan‚ and Pecos Bill are
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Thesis- Summary‚ Agreement‚ and Why “The existence of an area of free land‚ its continuous recession‚ and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development.” In this article‚ Frederick Jackson Turner believes that‚ in relation to his frontier thesis‚ the history of the United States is most influenced mainly by how Americans had assimilated the West into the culture they held. The frontier‚ in Turner’s stance‚ was where settlers had restarted civilization as a whole and
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States‚ the frontier was the term applied to the zone of unsettled land outside the region of existing settlements of Americans. In a broad sense‚ the notion of the frontier was the edge of the settled country where unlimited free land was available and thus unlimited opportunity. Being a frontiersman in the so-called Wild West‚ a cowboy‚ rancher or gold miner were idealized within American mystery. Mark Twain colorfully related that accounts of gold strikes in the popular press had supported the feverish
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Billy the Kid is my kind of Cowboy This issue of Living in the West explores the love affair we have with the great American Cowboy. Call them cowhands‚ cowpoke‚ cowpuncher or buckaroos‚ billions of dollars have been spent chronicling their storied history. With his Stetson hat‚ sunburned face‚ weathered dungarees and boots of leather‚ the cowboy has gone from a ranch hand to a blue color icon. In fact‚ America’s love affair with the cowboy has been around longer than the name “cowboy” itself
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Westward expansion 1. What national issues emerged in the process of closing the western frontier? 2. Why does the West hold such an important place in the American imagination? 3. In what ways is the West romanticized in American culture? Key Tensions Native Americans Buffalo Hunters‚ Railroads‚ U.S. Government Cattlemen Sheepherders Ranchers Farmers Ethnic Minorities Nativists Conservationists Big Business Interests [mining‚ timber]‚ Local Govt. Officials‚ Farmers‚ Buffalo
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the last step to shatter the spirit of the Indians. The railroad‚ diseases‚ locomotives‚ and the near-extinction of the Buffalo in the plains all contributed to the “taming” of the Plains Indians. The railroad sprang right through the heart of the West. Locomotives brought never ending amounts of white troops‚ farmers‚ cattlemen‚ sheepherders‚ and settlers in the Indians territories. The white people’s diseases killed off many of the Indians because of how little resistant their immune systems were
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It has been suggested that design has become more central to the production and consumption of commodities. Evaluate this argument using a ‘circuit of culture’ approach and an object of your choice. It is a key strategy in toady’s competitive business markets to put design at the center of your production and consumption. Companies have become more innovative in their marketing and revenue strategies and are using the advantages that come from the culture industry. Those include Standardization
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1873: America was full of industrialization‚ speculation‚ econ. growth‚ especially railroads—transcontinental finished in 1869 Owner of Transcontinental/Largest bank’s costs outran investments‚ so the bank failed‚ triggering the Panic of 1873 Americans used yellow bank notes‚ which had a gold value‚ and green‚ which did not. The “sound money” policy would get rid of all green This favored investors but hurt indebted farmers‚ who needed this easy money Public Credit Act made the government pay
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Changing Of The West. "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky‚” by Stephen Crane. Is a story that shows that advancement of the West from old to the New through civilization and improvement‚ this is shown through two character Jack Potter‚ the sheriff and Scratchy Wilson‚ the troublemaker. The sheriff who does something that is not very usual in the old west which is getting marry and the troublemaker who is shooting up the town but also have on modern clothes from the east. The author Stephen Crane did
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