Posted by 5Taylor L on September 26, 2011 at 11:44am
We are finishing up with Kendra's presentations!Ch. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture.Osage Iowa Sioux Cheyenne. hunters and gathered broke out due to tribes..lived in small family groups. young men trained to hunt..young women butchered game and prepared hides. children taught through story telling.-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?they didn't think they had a right to the land, because they weren't inproving it. not making it any better. moving west to find gold, silver, and other riches.-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?passed an act declared the great plaisn as Territory..indian territory shrunk a lot!! massacre at sand creek. battle of the hundred slain/fettereman massacre decomber 1866 bozeman trail went throught the siox grounds. talked about all the battles. sitting bull..got killled. The Dawes act assimilation..Americanizing Native American's pushing out the natives.300 native americans were killed at the battle of wounded knee. and many chilndren. ended the era of the native american battles.-Describe a cowboy's life.developed the chisholm trail..cattle trail. 55000 men worked on ranches between 1866-1885. average age 15-40 25% blacks, 12% mexican. other % were white males. worked 10-14 hours on ranches on ranches, or 14 hours or more on cattle trails. rounding up as many long horns as they could. kept them fenced in until the would rather eat than run away,.cow towns very dangerous!! james "wild bill" hickok never actually delt with cows never really a cowboy did wild west shows. was a scout and sky. onw cowboy per 230-300 head of cattle. one cook who set up camp and wagon one wangler. about 3 months.. cowboys would saddle dawn to dust. slept on ground and bathed in rivers. dry summmers and extreme winters. ranchers turned to smaller farms with fenced in cattle. open range..not fenced in just out there. stampeads??Ch. 6.1:-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?welth of natural resources. government support of business growing urban population. cheap labbor. laissez-faitrre. kerosene for fuel. 1959 started drillling for oil. gasoline was thrown out didn't know what to do with it. iron coal and steel.-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?internal combustion engine, typewriter, light buld, radio, x-ray motion pictures electric motor.the light bulb(thomas edison) fans printing press..meat packing plants. record player telephone. electric street cars.
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