Galindo Period 3 by Earl Galindo

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Slide Notes

-After the Homestead Act of 1862, women were allowed to try homesteading theirselves.
-They were enthusiastic about pioneering just as much as men were.
-Many women earned fortunes off homesteading.
-Western women took part in a wide range of jobs.
-They worked mainly as farm laborers, bakers, nurses, midwives, post clerks, and telegraphers.
-Women also loved to take part in the entertainment industry such as becoming musicians and actresses.
-Journalism was an important field for women.
-Numerous unmarried women in the Old West.
- Most women saw themselves as independent figures in society.
-learned to deal with Indians and carried guns
-their aim was for "freedom, opportunity, possession"
-generally, received less education than men.
-women and girls stayed in schoolrooms more than men.
-did not have voting right in most states

Galindo Period 3

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

WOMEN OF THE OLD WEST

ROLES AND ENDEAVORS

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THE WILD WEST

THE LIFE & HISTORY BY: EARL GALINDO

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VIOLENCE IN THE OLD WEST

vs. THE MYTH OF VIOLENCE

-Mining camps in the old west were hot beds of anarchy.
-Robbery, theft, and burglary took place often.
-homicide rates extremely high
-stagecoaches robbed passengers
-not much gun control, allowing individuals to break out in random fights
-Native Americans were a main cause of conflict.

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THE MYTH OF VIOLENCE

-various statements saying that the west wasn't that violent at all
For example:
- Most towns only averaged 1.5 murders
per year, not including shooting.
-gun fights were not apparent and guns were a lot less accurate then it seems
-Eugene Hallon writes that it was a far safer and more peaceful place than American society today.
-judicial system was strong
-real violence usually took place against the Indians, mostly the Cherokees.

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THE HISTORY OF U.S. MARSHALS

-Marshals and Deputies ensure full federal voting and civil rights in the Reconstruction of the South.
-made their mark in history in infamous and lawless frontier towns such as Deadwood, South Dakota and in Indian Territory
-responsible for the management and disposal of illegally obtained items
-pursued "heavyweight" criminals like those of the Dalton Gang and Billy the Kid
-103 deputies killed between 1872 and 1896.

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FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS

-background: occupied by the Confederate Army in the early years of the Civil War
-"True Grit" based on Fort Smith.
-if an individual happens to cross the Oklahoma border, northwest of Arkansas, then one would end up in Indian Territory
-a character in "True Grit", Rooster Cogburn, represents the real mean who served as Marshals in the fictional novel
-some events that took place in Fort Smith influenced the story line of "True Grit"
-Rufus Buck Gang (five Native Americans) was infamous in Fort Smith along with the Dalton Gang (U.S Deputy Marshals who were involved in shady deals and horse stealing)
-full-blooded Cherokee named Ned Christie did whiskey peddling and was a bandit

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WILLIAM QUANTRILL AND QUANTRILL'S RAIDERS

A TRUE OUTLAW OF A MAN

-developed a style of guerrilla warfare that terrorized soldiers and civilians
-achieved a measure of notoriety by engineering a scheme with four free-state men to liberate the slaves of a Missouri farmer
-August 21, 1863, led 450 raiders into Lawrence, Kansas, stronghold of pro-union support, urged for free soil in Kansas
-forced residents of four Missouri border counties to move out while jayhawkers looted and burned households

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