01:512:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Medicine Lodge Treaty, Apache Wars, Friendly Society
18 Mar 2018
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Chapter 16 - the conquest of the far west. 1)the societies of the far west: the western tribes i(cid:895) o(cid:373)e dislo(cid:272)ated easter(cid:374) tri(cid:271)es i(cid:374) (cid:862)i(cid:374)dia(cid:374) territor(cid:455)(cid:863), others (cid:449)ester(cid:374) tri(cid:271)es su(cid:272)h as. Pueblos had permanent settlements/farms + interaction w/ spanish & mexicans- caste system over other indian tribes (genizaros=indianw/o tribes) ii)plains indians- some nomadic, some farmers. White settlers expelled hispanic californios from the land. Timber and stone act (1878) to allow ppl to buy/develop more cheap land g)1860s saw development of territorial govt, statehood soon followed for most. 2)the changing western economy a)labor in the west i)labor shortage led to higher wages than in east, but job instability (after harvest or rr completion, ect) led to communities of jobless in cities. Workers mostly mobile, single men ii)working class highly multiracial, but whites generally occupied higher job levels (management + skilled labor) than nonwhites in unskilled labor. Dual labor system reinforced by racial assumptions that held nonwhites more suited for worse conditions.
