presentation day todayCh. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture.nomadic to start withusually lived in family groups, with relations to other family groups that spoke the same dialectmen trained to become hunters or warriorswomen cutchered teh meat prepared the hides for use in things like tepes, clothing, shoes adn blankedts-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?the gold rush of the black hills started in what is now custer, south dakota in 1874blak hills were a part of the sioux indian reservationgovt and the siuoux had been in conflict for many years during the black hills gold rush164 mos of cheyenne people went to colaroda assuming that they were under protecton of govtgeneral sr curtis wanted them to suffer morechivington attacked woo warriores sjfoand othercrazy horse attacked captain petterman ofn the bozeman tarail 80 soldiers were killedblack hills were swamped with miners-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?made them suffertook their land1887 congress passed the wawes act to make native americans like americanslater on single males got 80 acreshead of household got 160 acresasimilationshiped of to reservations-Describe a cowboy's life.learned from mexican neighborsevery thing came from the mexicans cultureuntil the railroads net the reat plaing cowbous not nededhearded cattle all of the placethey wrer herded for miles and milesthey would then be shiped elsewherecattle ranchers angered the farmesrs because their cattle would screw up their stuff25% were afrian american at leas 12 percent were maexicanmany think fo a cowboy as a white american malespent 10 to 14 hours on the ranch many more ofnt he trailstypical drive had 250-300 had fo cattle per cowboyslept on the ground bathed in riverstook risks crossing rivers and storms spookign cattleovergrzingbad weatheradn invention of barbed wireCh. 5.2:-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?Ch. 5.3:-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
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