Session Number
D-2
Grade Level
Grade level: 9-10
Start Date
28-2-2014 1:20 PM
End Date
28-2-2014 2:20 PM
Description
Why is the West left out of the Reconsruction unit? There are good reasons to include it. During the Civil War, the West was organized for statehood. The "Indian Question" became the "Indian Problem." Beginning with the First Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1851 and accelerating after Red Cloud's War in 1868, the "unceded" area of the northern plains previously set aside for traditional tribal life was replaced by new policies of well-meaning but forcible capitulation and assimilation. To facilitate the process, the West was organized into military districts or "departments". Although the US Army did not govern these directly, it worked as an arm of the federal government to support the creation of state governments and to help carry out federal legislation thought to be a solution in the best interests of whites and Indians alike. The West was thus "attached" to the rest of the country.
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons
Session D-2: Reconstructing the West
Why is the West left out of the Reconsruction unit? There are good reasons to include it. During the Civil War, the West was organized for statehood. The "Indian Question" became the "Indian Problem." Beginning with the First Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1851 and accelerating after Red Cloud's War in 1868, the "unceded" area of the northern plains previously set aside for traditional tribal life was replaced by new policies of well-meaning but forcible capitulation and assimilation. To facilitate the process, the West was organized into military districts or "departments". Although the US Army did not govern these directly, it worked as an arm of the federal government to support the creation of state governments and to help carry out federal legislation thought to be a solution in the best interests of whites and Indians alike. The West was thus "attached" to the rest of the country.