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The Geography of Hope

Season 1996 Episode 7 | 1hr 24m 53s

Newcomers arrive by the millions, bringing a new spirit of conformity to the West. Indian children are taught to forsake their heritage, Mormons are told to abandon a tenet of their faith, and new laws deny Chinese and Mexican Americans a place in society. Yet the legend of the 鈥淲ild West鈥 lives on, thanks to the greatest showman of the age.

Aired: 09/14/96
Extras
As the 20th century neared, Americans celebrated with the World Columbian Exposition.
As settlers race to claim tribal lands, Native Americans take up the Ghost Dance.
The federal government tightens its grip on the West.
A triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in the West.
Civil war comes early to the West.
The Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West.
Americans head west along many pathways.
The West begins as the whole world to the people who live there. It becomes a New World.
The terrain of the West has always beckoned and repelled.
The utilization of horses changed the way of life for Native American people forever.