Westward Expansion: Crash Course US History #24 1. What were 3 significant effects of the frontier in American History? 2. Contrast the myth and reality of The West. 3. What are the 2 reasons why RR’s made it possible for people to settle in The West? 4. Describe the 2 ways governments supported the RRs. 5. What were the economic, as well as a racial imperatives, to move the Native Americans off their land? 6. What 3 ways did General Sheridan fight the Indians AND how did Indians respond? 7. What were the goals of the Dawes Act AND the reality? 8. Describe the genocide” of Native Americans. “cultural 9. Why the need for cowboys AND why did this period end? 10. List the ways Western farming flew in the face of the mythical Jeffersonian yeoman farmer ideal.
Westward Expansion: Crash Course US History #24 1. What were 3 significant effects of the frontier in American History? 2. Contrast the myth and reality of The West. 3. What are the 2 reasons why RR’s made it possible for people to settle in The West? 4. Describe the 2 ways governments supported the RRs. 5. What were the economic, as well as a racial imperatives, to move the Native Americans off their land? 6. What 3 ways did General Sheridan fight the Indians AND how did Indians respond? 7. What were the goals of the Dawes Act AND the reality? 8. Describe the “cultural genocide” of Native Americans. 9. Why the need for cowboys AND why did this period end? 10. List the ways Western farming flew in the face of the mythical Jeffersonian yeoman farmer ideal.
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