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Chapter Objective
The student will understand how miners, ranchers, cowhands, and farmers helped settle the West and how their arrival led to conflict with the Native Americans.
SECTION 1 Miners, Ranchers, and Cowhands
- To describe the geography and population of the West
- To explain how mining in the West led to settlement
- To describe the cattle industry
- To analyze how law and order was established in the West
SECTION 2 Native Americans Fight to Survive
- To describe Native American life on the Plains
- To explain how Plains tribes responded to white attempts to take away their lands
- To identify the outcome of Native American resistance efforts
- To evaluate the impact of the Dawes Act on the Plains tribes
SECTION 3 Life in the West
- To describe the challenges and opportunities for women in the West
- To analyze the reasons for the growth of western cities
- To explain how Mexicans were affected by American settlement
- To identify myths about the West
SECTION 4 Farming and Populism
- To explain how the U.S. government encouraged western settlement
- To describe farming life on the Great Plains
- To analyze the rise of the Populist Party
- To evaluate the significance of the frontier in American life
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