Native American culture Jacob Tags
they were simple people horses came in the late 1500's
coup sticks were popular Buffalo were very important
council of each tribe everything never let one person run every tribe
Settlers Moving West
settlers believed the land could be owned the idea of striking rich was wanted by all
drove many native Americans out
Restrictions on the Native Americans
wasn't until the 1850's when the restrictions began
Many native Americans disagreed and continued hunting
made many problems with the two.
Death Tolls Rise
massacre of Cheyenne at sand creek in 1864
Battle of the hundred slain of the fetterman massacre
red ricer war with Kiowa and Comanche from 1874-1875
Assimilation
Assimilation- Native Americans joining the white culture
The Dawes Act, 160 acres per family and 80 for unmarried
by 1932 whites had taken more than two thirds of the land back in 1800 65 million buffalo roamed the Midwest
1890 only 100,000 remained
in 1900 only one herd left
Cowboys
as meat got more and more wanted someone had to mbe them
moved large herds of cattle of north to be slaughtered and sold for food
season began with roundup in spring
next came the long drive which would last about three months
end of the cowboys jobs left as fast as they came
Evan
Beginning of the railroads
between 1850 and 1871 land grants worth about half a billion dollars were given for the purpose of lating the track
The land grants gave the Central Pacific and the Union pacific 170 million acres of land throughout the US
Union Pacific started in Omaha
Homestead Act
Passed in 1862 act that gave the settlers 160 acres of land and all they had to do was farm it and put up a fence that was there
while they were settling they had extreme hardship such as
droughts, floods, fires, blizzards, locust, plagues, and the occasional raids by outlaws
housing many live in dugouts.
Agricultural
1837 John Deere invented the plow
1847 Cyrus McCormick invented the reaping the machine
Morrill Act of 1862 for agricultural colleges
Courtney
Struggling farmers
Crop prices farmland hard to find excessive
Rough Economy
Greenbacks taken away what are greenbacks
value of money increased farmers received less money for there crops.
who are the populist
Populist political party
Populist party
increased currency issues free coinage of gold and silver public ownership of railroads graduated federal income tax
then watched america the story of us
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