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- Chapter 5:1.
- Describe Native American culture.
- Around the missouir river: osage, iowa, sioux, cheyenne, had horses so they were faster at moving and easier to hunt. They planted crops, and hunted.Were nomadic.
- hunter and gathers
- They lived in extended families
- young men: were huntess and warriors
- young 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. Gold in Colorado. Own land. Railroads. Mining. Farming.
- How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
-that the great plains as indian terrotories
-sand creek reserve
-Wage war against them. Dawes Act. Simulation: Tried to Americanize the Native Americans. Put specific boundaries up for them. - Dawes Act: Broke up reservations and gave some land to individual Native Americans. 160 Acres to the head of the house hold. 80 to unmarried adults.
- Describe a cowboy's life.
-Cowboys attended ranches. Worked on Ranches 10-14 hours a day. Starved Longhorns until they wanted to graze.
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 goods
Ch. 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 foreclosing. Problems with railroads. Good farming land was getting harder to get. - Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
- -is the movement of people
-farmers and the common people. Helped the farmers. - Tried to increase the money supply which would cause people to pay more to the farmers. Started the 8-hour work day. Started a fereral loan program (helped farmers). Put restrictions on immigration. Eventually became progressives.
- Didn't get those passed right at the time. They later would.
- The Grange (1867)- Organization of farmers.
- -WHAT THEY WANTED?
-increase money supply, 8 hour work day, federal loan program, secret ballot
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