Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
-How did the US govt deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies? They tried to Americanize them and started treating them like Americans, instead of Native Americans! wide ranging.
-Describe a cowboy's life. rand them telling what ones belong to who. They all had a cook who drove the chuck wagon and set up the camp. They were from Mexico and they were cowboys. The cowboys came from the Mexican range. worked 10 to 14 hours, some of them were at the age of 15, cowboys usually own there own saddles, but the horses were the boss. the season began with a spring round up, and they would bring a R angler. They earned $100.00 or more for supervising. Anything could start a Stampede a sneeze or anything.
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains? went through Sacramento and a lot of other places. They passed rules. places to settle. caused people to move out west and establish a farm. Speed up the possesses.
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains? The dust went over the crops and it was hard for them to work. Locos droughts floods blizzards fires.
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? The dust went over the crops and it was hard for them to work.
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? not very much good farm land and how much money. farmers pushed the government to issue more money, and they need more money. Farmers had to pay very high prices for transportation of grain. Charge high rates of interest.
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in? 1892 in Omaha, Nebraska. government was mainly wealthy people and not really farmers. They wanted to form and political party that was under the control of common people not just government officials and wealthy men.
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