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The Enduring Vision,
Fifth Edition
Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Clifford E. Clark, Jr., Carleton College
et al.
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Chapter 17:
The Transformation of theTrans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900
- Explain the meaning of Richard Pratt's motto, "Kill the Indian in him and save the man."
- Explain what attracted farmers to the Great Plains and some of the difficulties they faced in making a living
from their farms.
- What happened to the Hispanic population of the Southwest after 1848?
- What was Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis"? How do today's historians regard it?
- Discuss the beginnings of the conservation movement. Who were some of its
early advocates? What were their motives?
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