Posted by 4jordanG on September 23, 2011 at 2:29pm
today we start presentations.Ch. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture.nomadic, very green.-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?Gold, land for farming, cattle ranching, sheep herding.-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?assimilition with a dosack, gave land to them, give them reservations, waged war against them. trying to make them do american white ways.-Describe a cowboy's life.came from mexivan vanqueros, clothing, vocab, and food came from mexicans. werent needed til railroads.herd cattle. 55,000 worked great plains. spent most day on ranch. spent many more hours on trail. typical drive consisted of 250 to 300 head of cattler per cowboy. bathed in rivers, slept on ground.
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