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How were tribes organized socially and politically? |
Tribes were subdivided into bands of up to 500 and each had a governing council. Women roles were domestic and Men were hunters and traders. |
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What rule was New Mexico in for 3 years? |
Military rule |
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How did the old Hispanic elite lose their political and economic authority? |
A territorial government was started which excluded the Mexican ruling class. |
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How did railroads affect the New Mexico area? |
It caused extensive ranching, farming, and mining. |
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How did Hispanic families lose their status, land, and power? |
Reckless expansion, growing indebtedness, and a severe drought. |
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Where other than the U.S. did Chines migrants move to and why? |
Hawaii, Australia, South and Central America, South Africa and the Caribbean because of heavy discrimination against them. |
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What jobs did most Chinese occupy? |
Miners |
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What result from the nativism towards Chinese migrants? |
Emigration from China to the U.S. was barred. |
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How did the six companies react to the Emigration ban? |
They filed suite but their efforts had little effect. |
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How did the Homestead Act encourage settlement? |
It allowed 160 acres for a small fee to Americans willing to move out west as long they improved the land. |
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How did the Homestead Act fail? |
They miscalculated the increasing mechanization and increasing costs of operating a farm. |
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What was the myth about cowboys and what were the really like? |
They were thought to be free-spirited and rugged but really were low-paid workers. |
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Why did the idea of the "frontier" begin to vanish? |
White settlers began to occupy the West in greater numbers. |
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Why was the "frontier" dissapearing physiologically damaging to some? |
They felt as if they were losing the ability to control their own destinies. |
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How did the government view Indian tribes? |
They were viewed as independent nations and as wards of the president. |
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Why were treaties between the two groups worthless? |
White settlers were eager to access Indian land. |
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Who were the Nez Perce and what was their story? |
They were a small and mostly peaceful tribe who were moved to a reservation but on they say, several drunk Indians killed four white settlers. |
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One way Indians were subjected to assimilation |
They were encouraged to practice Christianity |
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What did more white settlers mean for bison? |
Decimation of the bison population and environment. |
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What did the Dawes Act do? |
It provided for the gradual elimination of tribal ownership of and the allotment of tracts to individual owners. |
