HST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Frederick Jackson Turner, Frontier Thesis, Dawes Act
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Settlers of european descent finally succeeded in conquering the country. 1896: all but arizona, new mexico, and new mexico are states of the lower 48. Frederick jackson turner: frontier thesis 1893: said that all of american history was defined by westward expansion, saw the west as a process that culminated at the close of the frontier. The key to westward expansion was the railroads. Railroad construction was heavily funded by congressional loans. Chinese exclusion act of 1892: growing unrest with presence of chinese. Largest corporal subsidy in american history gangs working on railroad. Deculturization: stripped indian children of their language and beliefs. Wounded knee massacre: big foot raised flag of surrender upon discovery by us troops, accidental firing of weapon by native american led to massacre of almost whole tribe. Wild west : marked final white conquest of continent"s indigenous people, began in novels of the 1860"s.
