*Small quiz on Monday over section
*Going to work on project today...
--Read through section & chapter; make note of things you don't understand
--Start outlining your section in daily blog!
--Find info from 3 other sources
Questions I need to cover:
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
Railroads: Government made huge land grants to the railroads to lay tracks in the West. Union Pacific & Centeral Pacific recieved 10 miles of public land for tracks in states & 20 miles for lind laid in a territory.
Some of them sold to farmers after.
Homestead Act: Offered 160 acres of land free to a citizen that was head of the household, by the government.
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?
Droughts, floods, fires, blizzards, locust plagues and raids by outlaws and Native Americans. Soddies leaked when it rained.
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
Elaborate machinery was expensive so would have to borrow money.
Would have to raise more crops to help ends meet.
From 1855-90, there was a lot of drought
Felt pressure from rising cost of shipping grain.
Debt!
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
Prices for crops were failling
Good farming land was getting scarce
Banks were foreclosing
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
They were people who demanded reforms to lift the burden of debt from farmers and other workers and other workers to give people a greater voice from their government
*increase in the money supply
*graduated income tax
*federal loan program
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*election of senators by popular vote
*single terms for pres & vice pres
*secret ballot
*8 hr work day
*restrictions on immigration
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Section 2
*Settlers moving westward
-Railroads
-Homestead Act
*Yellowstone National Park
*Challenges of the Plains
-Struggles
-Their Homes
-Woman
-Machinary
-Farmers in Debt
Section 3
*Common Farmer Problems
-Problems
-Economy & greenbacks
-Railroad problems
*Populism
-Who they are
-What they want
-Panic of 1893
-The end
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