Posted by 6Jordan! on September 23, 2011 at 12:17pm
today we are having prestations.CHAPTER 5-Ch. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture.-Around the missouir river: osage, iowa, sioux, cheyenned- had horses so were faster at moving and easier to hunt-hunter and gathers-lived in extended families-young men: huntess and warriorsyoung women: buthered game and prepared hides-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?- they thought it was unsettled and had the right to live there-looking for gold and silver-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?-that the grat plains as indian terrotories-sand creek reserve-Describe a cowboy's life.Ch. 5.2:-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?-brought people to the great plains, offered 160 free acres to any citzens who was head of the household-only 10% land was actually settled by families-iowa and minnesota were enough but the western need more farming-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?-fires, floods, droughts, blizzard,-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?-machinery was really expersive and railraods increased the cost to ship goodsCh. 5.3:-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?-prices of crops were falling and so they had to mortgage their families so they could buy more land to produce goods-banks were foreclosibg-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?-is the movement of people-farmers and the common people.. not weathly peopleWHAT THEY WANTED?-increase money supply, 8 hour work day, federal loan program, secret ballot
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