Winners and Losers Out West

I.   Introduction:  Republican Ideals and Western Expansion

A.  National Economic Unity
B.  Racism

II.  The Great Plains Indians

A.  Differences and Commonalities
B.  Spiritual Beliefs
        1.  A Reverence for Nature
C.  Surviving on the Great Plains
        1.  Living off the land
        2.  Buffalo

III.  Indian Removal

A.  White Desire for Land
B.  Forced Relocation to Reservations
        1.  Lakota Ghost Dance
        2.  Wounded Knee (1890)
C.  Assimilation
        1.  Indian Schools
        2.  Dawes Severalty Act (1887)

IV.  The Hispanic Southwest

A.  Racial and Economic Power
B.  American Annexation
C.  Racial Ideology and Economic Competition
D.  Lower-Class Mexicans and Mestizos
E.  Santa Fe, New Mexico
F.  Resistance

V.  The Anti-Chinese Movement

A.  An Indispensable Labor Force
B.  The Indispensable Enemy
    1.  A scapegoat for workers
C.  Conflict, Violence, and Exclusion
D.  A Racial Uniform

VI.  Conclusion