Monday- Moving west/Great, Plains, Moving west because of gold and silver rush, Manifest Destiny, Cattle ranching, sheep herding, farming, homestead act, Railroad, hunting/trapping/adventure, mountain men,
Tuesday- moving west-Military,
Open range- area of land where cattle roam free
Railhead towns- towns at the end of the railroads
ranchers- people who owned ranches+cattle
long drive- herding+ moving cattle
cattle barons- bigger Ranchers (pushed out smaller ranchers)
25% of cow boys where ex-slaves
life of a cowboy- lonely+ dangerous
Wednesday- speaker
Friday- Transcontinental rail road , homestead act- land speculators, Struggles on the Great Plains- life on the Great Plains was not easy, lonely-
bad weather- floods, dust storms, winter weather,
grasshopper plagues- insect plagues, great plains
hard work- horse drawn plows, harvesters
Native Americans- Attacks on settlers throughout 1800's, sporadic
Lack of trees- dust storms,
Railroads prices and Debt- Charged farmers high prices die to lack of competition, farmers mortgaged their farms to buy more seed and supplies,
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