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Western United States

Chapter 16 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Aboriginal title in the United States
Western United States
Physical geography
American Old West
Dawes Act
Humanities
American Indian Wars
Cowboy
Frontier
Great Plains
Social Issues

The Conquest of the Far West -?frontier? = place 4 new beginnings, opportunities, wealth, and adventure -Myths were created about the frontier that were not true except for some exceptions -People living in the West relied on the federal government -the idea of the frontier is the land that was unsettled, the west was the last frontier because people felt that once coast to coast was settled, the US would move into the area and populate it? it was a new territory that was not discovered. It was temporary because once settlements came about things became final and change/ challenges/ action began to stop. -Myth= life in the frontier was exciting/ thrilling/ unsettled

Facts on Nevada

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Nevada
Gambling in the United States
Comstock Lode
Western United States
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Outline of Nevada
Southern Nevada
50 States

# The federal government manages Eighty-seven percent of Nevada land. # Area 51, a top secret area of Nellis Air Force Range and Nuclear Test Site, is rumored to have housed the development of the first Stealth bomber and alien and UFO research facilities. # Nevada is the seventh largest state in size. # The nation's largest silver deposit, the Comstock Lode, was found in Nevada in 1859. # Nevada is the driest state in the nation with an average annual rainfall of seven inches. # Nevada has the only complete skeleton of an Ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile measuring 55 feet. # Nevada is the largest gold producing state in the U.S. and third in the world behind South Africa and Australia. # Gambling was reinstate in the State in 1931.

A People and a Nation Chapter 17 Study Guide

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Western United States
Aboriginal title in the United States
History of North America
49th United States Congress
Dawes Act
Plains Indians
Navajo people
Paiute people
Cowboy
Red River War
Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation
APUSH
A people and a nation
Chapter 17
fayle history
AP US History
ap history

?The Clapp Rider? In 1906 Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota attached a ?rider? to an Indian appropriations bill declaring that mixed-blood adults on the ?White Earth? reservation were ?competent? (meaning educated in white ways) enough to sell their land without having to observe the 25 year waiting period stipulated in the Dawes Act. This mainly concerned the land of the Ojibwas Indians who were often ?duped? into signing away their land for counterfeit money and worthless merchandise They lost ? their original holding and economic ruin overtook them White Migration to the Great Plain-Purpose Most whites were driven to the Great Plains by desire for material success They believed that it?s ?untapped sources of wealth? could bring about a better life

Farewell to Manzanar Essay (Discrimination)

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California
Japanese-American internment
Wakatsuki
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Manzanar
Discrimination
John L. DeWitt
Anti-Japanese sentiment
Western United States
Social Issues

General Dewitt says, ?A Jap is a Jap, citizen or not, they will never change and cannot be trusted!? This anti-Japanese sentiment is shared by many Americans after Japan bomb Pearl Harbor in 1941. The Americans blame all the Japanese and people of Japanese ancestry for the bombing. They look at the Japanese Americans with fear and distrust. As a result, the Japanese American become the target of racial discrimination; Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and her father, Ko Wakatsuki are among those being discriminated. To let people know how Japanese Americans are treated in America at that time, Jeanne Wakatsuki wrote, Farewell to Manzanar. Jeanne and Ko Wakatsuk are resilient when dealing with discrimination.

Manifest Destiny Essay

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History of the United States
Slavery in the United States
Politics of the United States
united states
Manifest Destiny
Compromise
Kansas–Nebraska Act
Slave and free states
Wilmot Proviso
Mexican–American War
American Civil War
Western United States
Social Issues
War
Politics

Katie Abadie E. Orr AP U.S. History-1A 14 October 2012 Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny, the expansion of the United States, brought along many issues. Expansion reopened slavery issues once ?settled? before 1820. The War of Mexico also affected the U.S on its journey to the Civil War. The history of Texas is a colorful one which interweaves with the history of the Civil war. The war with Mexico put us on an inevitable road to war within the country.

Manifest Destiny Essay

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History of the United States
Slavery in the United States
Politics of the United States
united states
Manifest Destiny
Compromise
Kansas–Nebraska Act
Slave and free states
Wilmot Proviso
Mexican–American War
American Civil War
Western United States
Social Issues
War
Politics

Katie Abadie E. Orr AP U.S. History-1A 14 October 2012 Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny, the expansion of the United States, brought along many issues. Expansion reopened slavery issues once ?settled? before 1820. The War of Mexico also affected the U.S on its journey to the Civil War. The history of Texas is a colorful one which interweaves with the history of the Civil war. The war with Mexico put us on an inevitable road to war within the country.

Into the Wild Places Study Guide

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Geography of the United States
Western United States
Alaska
Into The Wild
Stampede Trail
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Into the Wild Places Carthage, South Dakota - where Westerberg gave Alex a job Sioux Falls - where Westerberg served a four-month sentence for selling illegal boxes that unscrambled satellite-television transmissions, allowing people to watch encrypted cable programming without paying for it. With Westerberg in Sioux Falls, there was no work at the grain elevator so Alex resumed his nomadic existence. Annandale, Virginia - where Alex grew up Mojave Desert - where the endangered wildflower is found Lake Mead - where Bud Walsh and his group were tallying the endangered wildflower when Alex's car was spotted Stampede trail - where the abandoned bus was in Alaska Colorado - where Walt's kids from his first marriage live Iron Mountain, Michigan - where Billie grew-up
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