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The Great West

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1896
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KEY EVENTS
  • ​Comstock Lode
  • invention of barbed wire
  • Homestead Act of 1862
  • Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862
  • Transcontinental Railroad complete
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TRAILBLAZING THE WEST

The United States takes to the West in pursuit of developing the land gained before the Civil War.  From all walks of life come miners, ranchers and farmers willing to confront the challenges of taming the West.
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Vocabulary - boomtown/ghost town, Comstock Lode, cowboy, Open Range, cattle drives, barbed wire, Homestead Act of 1862,
​                              sod houses, Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, land rush, transcontinental railroad                                

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KEY EVENTS
  • ​Sand Creek Massacre
  • Battle of Little Bighorn
  • Exodus of the Nez Perce
  • Dawes Act (1887)
  • Massacre at Wounded Knee
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THE INDIAN WARS

The pressure of white settlers moving into lands held by natives sparks conflict and battles across the West that cause the relationship between the United States and the Indians to deteriorate into a tragic end.
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Vocabulary - buffalo, Sand Creek Massacre, Battle of Little Big Horn, Exodus of the Nez Perce, A Century of Dishonor, Dawes Act,
                              Massacre at Wounded Knee                                                 Lt. Col George Armstrong Custer, Chief Joseph, Helen Hunt Jackson

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KEY EVENTS
  • ​Creation of the Grange
  • Wabash v. Illinois
  • Interstate Commerce Act
  • Creation of the Populist Party
  • Election of 1896
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POPULISM AND THE FARMERS UNITE

Farmers are exploited in the later part of the 1800s as railroads and other industries rise to power.  The struggle of farmers unites them in a major political force that calls for change and shapes the political landscape for decades to come.
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Vocabulary - inflation, rebate, Grange, Munn v. Illinois, Wabash v. Illinois, Interstate Commerce Commission, Populism/Populist Party,
                              Omaha Platform, gold standard, bimetallism                                         Oliver Kelley, William McKinley, William Jennings Bryan
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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
    • *NEW* under construction >
      • Unit 1 - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2 - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3 - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4 - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5 - Revolutions
      • Unit 6 - Consequences of Industrialization
      • Unit 7 - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8 - Cold War and Decolonization
      • Unit 9 - Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy