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Report on Indian Affairs, p. 440
Red Cloud’s Speech, p. 440Chisholm Trail, p. 450Resources and Conflict in the
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Key Terms
Chinese Exclusion Act A law passed by Congress
in 1882 that prohibited Chinese immigration to
the United States; it was overturned in 1943, 436
Comstock Lode The first major vein of silver ore
in the United States, discovered in the late 1850s,
near Virginia City, Nevada, 444
Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 An 1887 law termi-
nating tribal ownership of land and allotting some
parcels of land to individual Indians with the
remainder of the land left open for white settle-
ment. It included provisions for Indian education
and eventual citizenship. The law led to corrup-
tion, exploitation, and the weakening of Indian
tribal culture. It was reversed in 1934, 441Review Questions
1.The text suggests that if federal policy had been
more tolerant, there would have been no need to
drive Indians from so much of their land. What
alternative policies might have succeeded and how?
2.InThe Comanche Empire(2009), historian Pekka
Hamalainen insists that the Comanche themselves
managed to forge a mighty empire. Maps show-
ing the steady loss of Indian lands (such as that
on p. 443) deprive the Indians of their “agency”
in history. In what ways did Indians leave their
own imprint upon this period?
3.How did the treatment of African Americans dur-
ing the last third of the nineteenth century com-
pare with that of Indians?
4.The West has exerted a powerful hold on the
American imagination. What explains the popular-
ity of western themes in American life? How does
the history compare with the popular image?