-Describe Native American culture.
- settled in small villages, hunted and planted crops.
- others hunted and gathered foods.
- not all tribes got along.
- many lived as a family
- no one was dominate
- land was shared by all the tribes.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
- people it was unsettled so they went along the railroad and wagon trail.
- so they went there to claim it.
- went there for gold and silver
-How did the US govt deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
- they passed an act that gave Native Americans certain area of land.
- later it was changed to each tribe was given certain area of land.
- there was also a massacre on the Indiana.
- War
- Wide Ranging
- Killing them off
- diseases
-Describe a cowboy's life.
- They learned from there Mexican neighbors.
- They used longhorns for food but used horses for transportation.
- Vaqueros are Mexican cowboys.
- Cowboys clothes, food, and way they talked was influenced by the Mexican Vaquero.
- Cowboys weren't in great demand until the railroads reached the Great Plain.
- They didn't stray far from there homestead.
- 10-14 hours a day
- 14 or more hours were on the trail looking for dangers.
- cowboys usually owned their own saddles, but horses were the boss'
- Long drive usually lasted for 3 months.
- 1 man to 250-300 cattle heads.
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
- the government gave grants
- Homestead act- allowed people to get land and go out west.
- they caused people to move out there, allowing them to get land.
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?
- droughts
- floods
- fires
- blizzards
- Locust Plagues
- Native american
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
- they were in debt
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
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