America’s HistorySixth Edition

CHAPTER 16

The American West

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Henretta • Brody • Dumenil

The Great Plains• Indians of the Great Plains• Wagon Trains, Railroads, and Ranchers• Homesteaders• The Fate of the Indians

The Far West• The Mining Frontier• Hispanics, Chinese, Anglos• Golden California

Chapter 16 The American West

• Map 16.1 The Natural Environment of the West, 1860s (p. 488)

• Map 16.2 Western Trunk Lines, 1887 (p. 491)

• Map 16.3 The Indian Frontier, to 1890 (p. 499)

• Map 16.4 The Sioux Reservations in South Dakota, 1868–1889 (p. 502)

• Map 16.5 The Mining Frontier, 1848–1890 (p. 506)

• Map 16.6 The Settlement of the Pacific Slope, 1860–1890 (p. 509)

• The Yo-Hamite Falls (1855) (p. 486)

• Tepee Liner (p. 490)

• Cowboys on the Open Range (p. 493)

• John Muir (p. 514)