HIST 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sand Creek Massacre, Dawes Act, Antonio López De Santa Anna
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Reading: mark twain and richard rodriguez in the norton book of american autobiography, pp. Olivia langdon (m. 1870), moved to conn. Left burkley before getting doctoral degree for writing. Bison; horses and guns brought by spaniards. Lived in bands of 300-500 lead by a chief. Drove all colonists out for 12 years. Mixed race children and enslaved indian enemies of pueblo people. Opposed those who profited from americans like bankers. Led by whites seeking to stay dominant. Couldn"t apply for statehood in the beginning (1800) Annexation of the southwest for million. Bleeding kansas (war between north and south for slavery) Social mobility and economic independence through work. Many were single women and free blacks though. Given 160 acres to build a house and grow crops on it for 5 years, than pay small fee to the government. Only 40% took claims stayed the full 5 years.
