Remake of Federal Interference in the West by Craig Fleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm A Reduction in Laissez Faire Economics en-us 2018-02-13 20:27:15 UTC 2018-02-13 20:27:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png The Homestead Act cfleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280005
  • Created by Abraham Lincoln in 1862
  • Encouraged western settlement
  • Offered land for $1.25 per acre, or free land if farmers worked a plot for 5 years
  • 270 million acres would eventually be given away for free
  • Few restrictions required to apply.
  •  Must be 21 and cannot have taken up arms against the Union
    • ]]>     2018-02-13 20:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280005     How did the Federal Government Encourage the development of a capitalist society in the west? cfleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280008 2018-02-13 20:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280008 cfleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280009 2018-02-13 20:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280009 Railroads cfleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280010
  • Congress passed the Pacific Railway Act
    • The Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Specific Railroad combined to form the Transcontinental Railroad
  • Railroads gave rise to cities, such as Denver, Dodge City, and Salt Lake City
    • ]]>     2018-02-13 20:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280010     cfleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280011 The Federal Government provided railroad corporations with massive tracts of land as they laid more track. The government initiated the creation of more rails, in order to stimulate western Economy]]> 2018-02-13 20:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280011 Dawes-Severalty Act cfleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280012
  • Endowed the President with the capacity to distribute land to Indians
  • Distributed land to individuals 
    • Destroyed tribal communal system
  • Indians could not run farms because of financial ineptitude and a general lack of farming skills.
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  • The government took any unused Indian lands and gave them to white settlers. 
    • Indian lands were cut in half
  • Also, tried to assimilate tribes into American society as yeomen farmers

    • ]]>     2018-02-13 20:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280013     cfleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280014 2018-02-13 20:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280014 cfleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280015 2018-02-13 20:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ud86srrugmrm/wish/231280015