HIST 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: World'S Columbian Exposition, Dawes Act, Helen Hunt Jackson
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"we"ve made a legend out of massacre" -james baldwin, 1963. Frederick jackson turner "the significance of the frontier in american history" America as exceptional, process of advancing "civilization" over "savagery" Agrarian settlement preceded by frontier experience of freedom, independence, and democracy. "frontier"= what we are looking to conquer; conquering=refreshment of. The west was a place of movement, dynamic change, federal government, and native people all in a collision for sovereignty. The american west was the most urbanized location at this time (1869) Railroad employees were primarily present in colorado, kansas, nebraska, and. Federal government shaped the west- dependent region rather than independent. Urban and racially diverse- mines, railroads, lumbering, and immigrants. Comparable to other colonial projects- ca, aus, south africa. All were adapting to new conditions because this region is so dynamic (adaptability is key to survival) As bisons dispersed, decreased in amounts, and were in more compressed zones, it created conflict.
