ok, i present first today.
but bruns is gonna finish 5-1 first, so im good for just a little while, which i will probably spend recapping on my info.
internet is going kinda slow today....
so, heres bruns's 5-1 finale:
assimilation- trying to get the native americans to live like white men.
The Dawes Act- gave 160 acres of land to native americans. (similar to the homestead act) problem was they werent used to putting up fences and only living on that much land, also problems with understanding ownership of land. so it didnt turn out so great. rich white men found more loopholes, and took a lot of the land (also similar to the homestead act with african americans)
unspoken and nonviolent war between cattle drivers, sheep herders, and railroad workers.
5-1 test question answers:
native americans in the plains were nomadic, and lived off the land. lived in small family units in tepees. women cooked and sewed, decorated, etc. men hunted, learned to fight, built things, etc. grandparents watched over young children.
Settlers moved into the great plains looking for gold, and to start new lives (again)
the government made lots of treaties (which they broke) and used force to kick the NA's out.
cowboys worked 10-14 hrs a day year-round. srping round-up, then branded new calves, and drove them north to the railroads
5-2 question answers...
railroads provided jobs and transportation. homestead act gave lots of land to lots of people, got them to move west.
challenges on the great plains were conflict with native americans. lots of work to be done, people lived in dugouts and soddies, not a lot of wood. farming techniques were simple at first, but became easier with inventions.
farmers had lots of problems with debt. railroads werent pricing fairly for transportation, weather made poor crops, etc. mostly money problems.
need 5-3 and 6-1 questions and answers..
so i presented. i think it went well, even tho i didnt recap much beforehand and i had some tripping-over-my-words instances. everyone said i did ok tho, so i guess it was fine. mr bruns cut in to my presentation a lot and there was conversation between my slides, but that was ok too. i guess. yep.
so heres 6-2 notes.
railroads were good transpertaion...businesses and farmers both used them often. transcontinental railraod...were built all the way to the mississippi, then to the missouri, and was marked there with a gold spike. many workers were irish or chinese. got attacked by native americans while working. racists. whites worked least and got food, irish worked a little more and got some food, and chinese worked most and had to go find their own food. Time Zones. maine to california had 20 watch resets. then it was suggested to divied the earth into 24 time zones. us into 4- central, pacific, mountain, eastern. railroads pushed for it most, needed an accurate time schedule. etc.
out of time. my presentation took a lot of time...
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