HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ghost Dance, John Chivington, Apache Chief
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Lecture 4 the west: transformation of the west, a diverse region, farming the middle border// incredible opportunity, gold discovered, silver and gold discovered in pikes peak. The center part of the country, things grow there due to grassy land. In order to have big crop you need a lot of water, and in a desert its hard: bonanza farms d. Large scale agriculture in california: the cowboy in the corporate west// where our democratic capitalist leanings come from. Development of the individual in the work force. f. The subjugation of the plains indians let me be a free man the native americans have been moved to a territory called indian territory. Oklahoma is the chunk of land they have, not good or desirable land which leads to a series of minor wars. Americans are dying because not good or valuable: key tensions// Native americans > conflict < buffalo hunters, railroads, us govt.
