This book meets the requirements of the Study in Depth part of SHP (Schools History Project) GCSE History syllabuses. It concentrates on the way the American West was settled and developed by various groups of people between 1840 and 1895, and the impact of this settlement on the Native American peoples. Through enquiry based investigations the book explores the reasons for the settlement of the American West, the conflicts which resulted from the clash of different cultures and life styles, and the consequences of these conflicts.

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 4 .

There are 111 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Cambridge University Press .

This book has the following chapters: Contents: Manifest destiny; The Native Americans; The importance of the buffalo; Native American weapons and warfare; Life amoung the Plains Indians; Native American religion and beliefs; Review: The West in 1840; Fur traders, trappers and mountain men; The Oregon trail; The Mormons; Miners and mining; Review: the pioneers; Transport and the coming of the railroad; Homesteading on the Great Plains; The cattle trade; Cowboys: myth and reality; Review: Growth and development on the Great Plains; The outbreak of fighting on the Great Plains; On the warpath; The battle of Little Bighorn and its aftermath; Review: The war for the Great Plains; Law and Order; The Johnson County War; Review: The last days of the Wild West.