Posted by 5ashton :) on September 26, 2011 at 11:44am
talked a little about the assigned blog this week**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?1887, americanize native americans, 160 acers of land tothe head of each households, 80 acers of land to each unmarried adult, extra land was sold to settlers and native americans-Describe a cowboy's life.at least 55,000 worked on ranches between 1866 and 1885. 25% african american and 12% were mexican and the remaining were white, most worked 10-14 hours on ranches or 14 hours of more on cattle trails, reason began with rounding of as many longhorns as possible, kept them fenced in until they would rater eat than run away**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 money**Ch. 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**Ch. 6.1:-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?there was a wealth of natural resources, govt. support of business, a growing urban population which supplied cheap labor and markets for new products-What were some new inventions in the late 1800's and what affect did they have on people's lives?typewriters, fans, printing presses, electric street cars, meatpacking plants, telephone**Ch. 6.2:-What impact did railroads have on the US?-Why were many people upset with the railroads?-What did the Grangers or government do to regulate the railroads?
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