Indian and oklahoma territory merge in 1907 forming state of oklahoma
Native americans depended on buffalo
Dawes act 1887 gave land to native american families to farm 60 acres. Those that agree to this will be granted us citizenship goal was to americanize them help them out
Native american lost much of their land as excess was opened to white settlement the real goal
Ending in the 1930s reorganization act
The plains wars
Famous indian war battles
Sand creek massacre 1864
Battle of the hundred 1866
Red river war 1874 75
Battle of little bighorn 1876
Battle of wounded knee 1890
What challenges did settlers/farmers face on the great plains
Working on the railroad
Life on the great plains
Lonely insect plagues rocky mountain locust, hit farms hard in the 1870s became extinct in 1902 in 1875 the species formed the largest recorded locust swarm in history
Hopperdozers
Bad weather sand storms blizzards
Hard work with hands
Native american attacks there were native american attacks on settlers throughout the mid late 1800s attacks were common
Lack of trees built houses of mud
Railroad prices and debt railroads charged farmers high prices due to lack of competition, many farmers mortgaged their farms to buy more seed and supplies crop prices fell due
Farmers wanted more money in circulation
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