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Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
native americans got smaller and smaller pieces of land
-Describe Native American culture.
native americans got smaller and smaller pieces of land
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
the gold rush- people flocked to the riches
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
the treaty of fort laramie was when the souix agreed to live along the missouri river
the red river war 1874-1875
the red river war 1874-1875
consisted of mostly little battles with few casualties
battle of red river
sweetwater creek palo durio canyon
The US government gave orders to destroy their villages and wiped them out of the south
custers last stand was when he tried to take a village taking his 7th calvories
lost about half of his men during this
no surviors
battle of wounded knee
the new 7th calvary went up to camp wounded knee and requested that the indians give up their weapons and they refused
consider last native american battle that they really had and accepted that they had laws
assimilation- trying to like native americans like the white men
dawes act- gave 160 acres of land to native americans to farm; like the homestead act only for native americans
the problem with this was the native americans didn't understand the concept of owning land another problem was the white rich land specutlators found loopholes in the law and managed to take some of the land away from the native americans
meant to be a positive thing
-Describe a cowboy's life.
worked on a ranch for 12-14 hours a day
herded cattle
young cowboys around 15 and most broke down around 40
not like in movies
25% african american
12% hispanic
they worked full time and didn't do the hero/villian scheme
round up all the cows
starting rounding them up in the spring
branded new calves
rounded up all the longhorns they could
long drives to kansas city to ship out the beef
had to drive them physically because there were no railroads down in texas
Ch. 5.2:
1872- yellowstone national park was made
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
the homestead act gave settlers up to 160 acres of land
you had to file an application, improve the land, and file for deed of title
the african american took advantage of this
meant to help common people but rich people took advantage of the system
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?
dugouts- people dug them out of the hills
soddies- buildings made of sticks and mud or dirt
settlers lived off the land
when it rained their shelter would flood
very small homes
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
the farmland was very dry there
the soil wasn't good so they came up with different farming equipment
john deere
mccormik
wood lacked on the plains so they came up with other things to use in place of wood
wood lacked on the plains so they came up with other things to use in place of wood
agricultural education- morril act of 1862 and hatch act 1887
hatch act gave land grants
morril act of 1862- also land grant college act
first passed in 1862
iowa state came about this way
morril act of 1890- stated that separate lleges for different races had to make an eqal amount of the funds to be reeived under the act
farmers is debt
farmers had to borrown money to pay for elaborate machinery because they were so expensive
causes
no workers
weather
felt threatened
competetion
farmers were faced with child labor and low wages
felt pressure from the rising of shipping grain
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
1880s the price of crops were oing down andland wasn't good for farming
debt was the big thing that the farmers had problems with
the greenbacks
fake money that people were printing off
put the farmers even more in debt
the railroad problems
thee railroads made agreements to raise prices to transport grains
farmers alliance
the farmers got sick of always getting the bad end of the stick
a group of farmers called the grange was farmed so that they could be more threatening to get what they want
the railroads
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
Ch. 6.1:
-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?
-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?
the industrial revolution happened because of all the new resources like gold, coal, lumber
growing population
cheap labor
markets for new products
laissez-faire is good but you cant have too much of it
black gold
steel is another thing that cause it to take off
producing large amounts of steel was pretty pracitical and fairly cheap
the railroads were one of the biggest consumers of steels for the tracks and stuff
-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?
black gold is a term used for crude oil
used for medicine
used in lamps
started the oil rush
back then they threw away gasoline
steel allowed railroad tracks to be built, tractors to be made. allowed arcitechts to build bigger, taller buildings
thomas edison- did a lot with electricity; more of an improver than an inventor
invented the electric vote recorder, but got rejected bc it was ahead of it's time
invented the electric phonograph like a record player
first machine that could record and play sounds
improved the electric lightbulb
made it work so that it could work longer
built the commerical power station
electric companies grew in fame and became more popular
invented the kinetoscope- first motion picture camera
has a record setting holding number of over a thousand patented inventions
christoper sholes- invented the typewriter which edison help improve later
made things go faster and easier
became an everyday business tool until the invention of the computer
graham bell- invented and patented the telephone
made phonograph records
how lives changed- we use lights and telephones all the time today!
the typewriter was widely popular until the computer
the phonograph was the beginning of cd's and cd players
graham bell also helped invent the microphone
sailing became safer because of graham's iceberg detectors
now we don't have a lot of stuff that doesn't use electricity
alexader graham bell looks like the old version of santa clause
Ch. 6.2:
business men and business people needed faster ways to get from place to place
may 10, 1869 central and union pacific railroads met
the workers varied in race
accidents and diseases killed a lot of employees
racism affected most of the worker's wages
at the time each town ran on there own time
proffesor c.f. dowd divided the time zones into 4 different zones which we still use today
time zones were brought about by the railroads
-What impact did railroads have on the US?
-Why were many people upset with the railroads?
-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads?
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