American West

• Manifest Destiny


  God given right to move West
• Counting Coup


  The bravest act of war was to score a coup which was where a warrior would tap his enemy with a stick and escape
• Tipi 


  Made from buffalo hide due to the resourceful nature of the Plains Indian

  Easy to move so fit the nomadic lifestyle

  Warm in winter and cool in summer
• 28 May 1830


  Indian Removal Act forced 46000 American Indians in eastern states to move west of the Mississippi River
• 30 June 1834


  Indian Trade and Intercourse Act sets out the Frontier between the USA and Indian Territory
• 2 February 1848 


  The US victory in the Mexican-American War
• 29 February 1851


  Indian Appropriations Act funds the moving of American Indians to reservations in modern-day Oklahoma

  Hunting lands were also allocated to some reservations meaning that the Plains Indians could still hunt the buffalo
• 1843 - 900 people made their way across the Oregon Trail proving that large numbers of people could make the journey