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Study Notes for GCSE History: The American West, c1835-c1895

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Here is a collection of study notes for GCSE students taking the American West option.

The American West (c1835-c1895): Structure of Plains Indian Society

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Survival on the Great Plains

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Importance of the Buffalo

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Beliefs about Nature and Land

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Beliefs about War

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Permanent Indian Frontier

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Western Expansion

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Indian Appropriations Act 1851

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Oregon Trail

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The 1849 Gold Rush

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Donner Party

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Mormon Migration 1846-47

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Mormons and the Great Salt Lake

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Farming on the Great Plains

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Early Tensions

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Fort Laramie Treaty 1851

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Significance of the Fort Laramie Treaty 1851

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Lawlessness

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Attempts to Combat Lawlessness

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Impact of the American Civil War

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Homestead Act

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Homestead Act Significance

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Pacific Railroad Act 1862

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The American West (c1835-c1895): First Transcontinental Railroad 1869

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Technology and Inventions

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Timber Culture Act 1873

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Problems of Law and Order

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Civil War and the Cattle Industry

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Joseph McCoy and Abilene

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Goodnight-Loving Trail

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The American West (c1835-c1895): John Illif

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Cattle Barons

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Long Drive

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Open Range

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Conflict Between Ranchers and Homesteaders

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Impact of Railroads on Plains Indians

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Impact of Cattle Industry on Plains Indians

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Impact of Gold Rush in Plains Indians

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Reservations

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The 1868 Peace Policy

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Indian Appropriations Act of 1871

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Little Crow's War 1862

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Consequences of Little Crow's War

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Sand Creek Massacre 1864

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Red Clouds War

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Second Fort Laramie Treaty 1868

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The American West (c1835-c1895): New Machinery in Farming

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The End of the Open Range

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Switch to Smaller Ranches

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Exoduster Movement

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Exoduster Movement - Impact

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Oklahoma Land Rush

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Lincoln County War 1878

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Earps and the OK Corral

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Johnson County War

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Johnson County War - The Trial

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The American West (c1835-c1895): The Battle of the Little Bighorn

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Battle of Little Bighorn 1876 - Consequences

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Wounded Knee Massacre 1890

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The Extermination of the Buffalo

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Life on the Reservation

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Dawes Act 1887

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The American West (c1835-c1895): Closure of the Indian Frontier

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