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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difficulties. Many families chose to head west‚ despite all the bad that could possibly happen. I would be one of those families. Moving west provides a grand opportunity to start over. With so many people moving west the government established the Homestead Act‚ which gave people over the age of 21 to file a claim for up to 160 acres of land. The best area to end up in was next to the railroads. If you where in that general area then it was much easier to get your merchandise to the market. Eventually
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the American Western Hero is compassionate toward the downtrodden and takes their side in a fight for survival. The downtrodden family of the story is the Starrett’s. Joe and Marian Starrett have moved to Wyoming with their son Bob under the Homestead Act. They have moved on to land once used by Luke Fletcher‚ the antagonist of the story. Luke is a rancher who once used the land to herd cattle. Luke has decided that he no longer needs the land‚ and has sold it to a few different families who
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Dances With Wolves The film “Dances With Wolves” initiates with Lt. John Dunbar in fear of having his leg amputated by the doctors‚ he would rather die than to live without his leg. In his attempt to die‚ he decides to become a distraction to the enemy by riding in front of them and be the main target. While they were trying to shoot him‚ the rest of the union he belongs to overcome the enemy. Consequently Dunbar is named a hero and is offered a station wherever he liked. He chooses the frontier
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What lessons‚ if any‚ have we learned from the dust bowl catastrophe—about how human actions‚ well-intentioned or not‚ can lead to environmental damage? Is there anything comparable on the horizon today?225). What lessons‚ if any‚ have we learned from the dust bowl catastrophe—about how human actions‚ well-intentioned or not‚ can lead to environmental damage? Is there anything comparable on the horizon today? Drawing on more contemporary examples of environmental disasters or concerns‚ write a paper
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The Industrial Revolution of the late 1800s brought economic and social change to the cities as well as the frontier. During this transformation‚ entrepreneurs and laborers could not rise up as individuals against big businesses and were offered little chance for unions so they were compelled to assimilate themselves into America’s largely capitalist industries. Likewise‚ farmers‚ miners‚ and long drive cowboys were affected and influenced by larger‚ more profitable “corporations” including large-scale
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Howard Zinn’s interesting interpretation on how the Homestead Act effected the west is a very compelling argument. He speaks from the people’s point of view and his controversial ideas‚ stemming from Marxism‚ seem to be supported in part by “An Indian’s View of Indian Affairs” where Chief Young Joseph illustrates the deception of the U.S. government in taking the lands of the Native American people. He talks about the friendships established in trust and the spoken treaties made between the Natives
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down-to-earth and humble‚ and is aware of the fact that one does not have the right to take another man’s life‚ and when one does so‚ that marks him for life. Above all the qualities that Shane has‚ the one that seems the most hero-attributed is his selfless acts of protecting someone else; in this case the homesteaders and their homes. Shane expresses the qualities of a hero‚ both physically and mentally‚ that is‚ he is both strong and loyal. Shane has many traits that illustrate that of a hero; such as
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other homesteaders. Shane demonstrates he is a hero by fighting with Wilson to support Joe for his right to his land. Shane only challenges the rival because he instinctively shields others from danger. The archetype of a mentor‚ portrayed by Shane‚ acts like a parent‚ guides the student and gives advice. Shane is the patient teacher‚ who trains Bob to handle a gun‚ to ride "tall and straight" in the saddle and who advises him that fighting is not learned‚ it comes naturally. The significance of Shane’s
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To those back home‚ I send greetings‚ to momma‚ hoping that she gets better‚ shake papas hand for me and thank him for supporting my stand against slavery. It has been two years since this Civil War ended and it has been extremely hard to find a job. I traveled north to the factories‚ but they paid you awfully low wages‚ and I could not support myself on those wages. I then tried my hand at farming but farming it proved to be hard both physically and economically since buying land is so very expensive
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