Today in U.S history we are doing group projects.
Ch. 5-1
How did the US government deal with Native Americans in the Mid to late 1800's.
Assimilation- trying to make natives to live like White Settlers. Dawes Act- 160 acres of land to native americans to farm with families. Problem- not use to living on their own land.. Problem- not use to living on their own land( fences, post). White rich people took way their land with in ten years of them getting the land.
Ch 6-1
-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?
Thomas Edison- Electrical guy. Phonograph like a record player 1 st music to play back sound.(Improver). Build first commercial power station. Invented and patented the Kinetosope(1st motion-picture cameras). Light bulb- made it last long enough to be useable in homes.
Christopher Sholes- Invented the typewriter- QWERTY system.
Graham Bell- Ivented the telephone- Wax phonograph- radar for lacation icebergs in the oceans. Changes lives- more easy to use.
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