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American west unit one (Reasons to move west (the economic depression 1837…
American west unit one
u.s government policy's
in 1840 he us gained multiple states in the west which encouraged them to move west which meant white Americans had to go through the Indians land which angered them
in 1851 was the Indian appropriations act this meant that the native Americans had to live on reservations and give up there way of life (nomadic) as they could no longer follow the buffalo.
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Reasons to move west
the economic depression 1837 had hit the east and all the banks were collapsing and savings were lost. the high unemployment rate led people to move west looking for a better life
mountain men (1832) first found the south past through the rocky mountains to get to oregan and California
in the wet the words "manifest destiny" ( 1845 ) were printed in lots of news papers this meant that it was there duty to spread there civilisation and democracy and what better place to do that then the west
the California gold rush of 1848 led to 100,00 white Americans going west. this was because gold was worth a lot of money and even f you weren't going to mine for gold shopkeepers as they would make lots of money off of the miners
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fort Laramie treaty 1851
the fort Laramie treaty happened because there were a lot of conflict between the white americans and the plains Indians, . this was because the white American hunting method would destroy the buffalo herds which destroyed the Indians way of life. it was also caused because Indian tribe soften fought against each other and often white settlers would be caught up In it
the fort Laramie treaty stated that the Indians would have to stop fighting , allow the government to build roads trough there land, allow migrants to travel through there land safely and if if someone broke the rules they would have o pay
the us government said in this treaty that they would protect the Indians from white settlers and pay the tribes $50,00 as long as the kept to the treaty
this treaty didn't work because of many reasons. one because that the Indians didn't use money so the government paying them didn't mean anything and two because the government didn't protect the Indians from white settlers and because the Indians fought back they had to pay because that was them breaking the treaty