Ch. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture.- hunters and gatherers, they were given horses, wars broke out due to tribes trespassing on their land. they lived in small extended family groups, men trained to be hunters and warriors, women butchered game and prepared hides, children were taught through storytelling and examples, tribes wer never controlled by one person it was more like a council.-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?- they were looking for gold, silver, and other riches, they thought native americans had no right to the land.-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?--Describe a cowboy's life.-Ch. 5.2:-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?- The homestead act offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen who was head of the household, 600,000 families took the chance with this act, 10% of land was actually setteld by families, Iowa & Minnesota, was enough but in the west they needed more for farming.-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?- droughts, lack of water, floods, fire, blizzards, insects, locust plagues, native american or outlaw raids, crop growing, women would work beside their husbands-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?- machinery was expensive so they had to borrow moneyCh. 5.3:-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?- farmers were trapped in an economic cycle, crop prices were falling so they had to mortage their farms so they could buy more land to plant more crops, farmland became scarce.-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?- they demanded reforms to lift bevt of farmers/other workers and a greater voice in government. They believed in and increased money supply, graduated income tax, federal loan program, single terms for presidents, secret ballot, 8 hour work day, restriction on immigration
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