Examine this painting. What ideas does it convey about “the West”?
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Examine this painting. What ideas does it convey about “the West”?
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Ideas of the West
Myths and Realities of the “Last Frontier”
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Western Societies
• What happened to Hispanic landowners in the West after the Mexican-American War?
– Pushed out of positions of power
– Fall to bottom of economic ladder
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Western Societies
• What roles did the Chinese play in the settlement of the West?– Prospecting, before prohibited by law– Service industries• Women and prostitution
– Railroads– 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act• Bans immigration• Prevents naturalization
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Western Societies
• What drove white Easterners to settle the West?– Ore deposits: “get rich quick”• California; Colorado• Comstock Lode, Nevada 1858
– Homestead Act of 1862• “Free” land if occupied and farmed• Often poor land not suited for Eastern style farming
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Western Economy
• What were the most important industries in the West?– Mining
– Ranching• “Cattle Kingdom”• Range Wars – competition for land use v. farmers• Cattle drives replaced by railroads by 1890s
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What does this paintingconvey about “the West”?
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The Idea of the West
• Why was the West Idealized? How was the reality different from the fantasy?– Western Novels• The Virginian (1902) by Owen Wister
– “Rocky Mountain School” – landscape painters• Albert Bierstadt• Thomas Moran
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The Idea of the West
• Why was the West Idealized? How was the reality different from the fantasy?– “Wild West” Shows• Buffalo Bill
– The Frontier• Mark Twain• Frederick Remington• Frederick Jackson Turner – Frontier Thesis
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