Spoiler Alert! You have died of dysentery.Īnd in the process we're going to explore how all of us, even those of us who are vegans or eat sustainably produced food, benefit from massive agribusiness that has its roots in the wild wild west. Hi I'm John Green, this is Crash Course US History, and today we leave behind the world of industry and corporations to talk about the Wild Wild West. Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? The Legacy of the Westward Expansion Era 10:49Ĭrash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at Irrigation Projects in the Great Plains 9:51 Indigenous Resistance & The Ghost Dance Movement 4:20 Railroads Facilitated Westward Expansion 2:20 America’s Westward expansion was fueled by both Manifest Destiny and a desire to grow the nation and its resources - though at a cost: Īs Americans continued to stream West under the name of Manifest Destiny, American Indians saw their lives changed forever as they moved from practicing resistance to lives on reservations: Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. The big losers in the westward migration were Native Americans, who were killed or moved onto reservations. Many of the pioneers who settled the west were family groups. While there may be a grain of truth to these classic Hollywood stereotypes, it isn't a very big grain of truth. The self-reliant, unattached cowpoke roaming the prairie in search of wandering calves, or the half-addled prospector who has broken from reality thanks to the solitude of his single-minded quest for gold dust. When we think of the western expansion of the United States in the 19th century, we're conditioned to imagine the loner. In which John Green teaches you about the Wild, Wild, West, which as it turns out, wasn't as wild as it seemed in the movies.
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