Submitted by: Submitted by iluna
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Category: US History
Date Submitted: 09/22/2015 05:37 AM
It is quite fascinating to see how driven pioneers were. At the same time disturbing, to realize how nothing would stop them from acquiring whatever they so desired. They were power hungry for more and being satisfied with what they had was never enough. Around the eighteenth century much of Native Americans were pushed from the east towards the west. Their balance of life was disrupted. During the migration many pioneers, because of the Homestead Act were enticed to head west. I ask myself how confusing it must have felt for these tribes who had already settled in these parts of America to see as they would call them “pale faces” just come and without any self of control take our land. In a sense the white laborers did do some trades but was it enough for what they were losing or was it just a way to keep the Tribes blind-sided as more and more pioneers came along.
Something that came to my thoughts was how the tribes would find not let anything really go to waste. They would hunt buffalo, not only for the food they could get, they would use every part they could of the buffalo. They would use fur for rope and clothing and even the dung for fuel. Warriors of the tribe remind me of young people now a days. The warriors seemed they always had something to prove for example to see who was the toughest or strongest. The same applies for many adult, teenagers, or even children. They seem to have always something they want to prove to others.
The pioneers moving towards the west helped create more employment for farmers and non-farmers with opportunities to grow their agricultures. The expansion of creating railroads was a turning point for Americans, but also was a start of what I learned to understand as the KKK clan. During constructions of railroads, Chinese immigrants were involved, but then white pioneer became infuriated. While Chinese immigrants did contribute to the railroads white pioneers felt they were taking over the job opportunities such as farming...