Today we did presentations for 5-1 and 5-2Ch. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture.They lived on the Great Plains for more than a century.The Iowa and Osage settled in small villages and were hunters and farmers.Spanish brought horses and guns which made life a little easierNative Americans used all parts of the buffalo they didn't waste it.Very spiritualNative Americans didn't believe land could be owned so the settlers took their land.-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?The gold rush.Mining areasTo be Cattle ranchersFarming-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?At first we were nice and let them live, settle, and hunt where ever but then we moved them land down rules and they kept their old way of life.We wanted the Indians gone.We forced them to live in lands they had never been too.The Native Americans took revenge and killed 80 solders at Crazy HorseSitting Bull was the last leader of the Native Americans to surrender to the whites.Assimilation was a plan to get the Native Americans to give up their beliefsDawes Act-Describe a cowboy's life.The life style came from the spanish.non-stop work.10-14 hours a day on a ranch and 14 or more on a trail.had to stay alert and make sure the herd didn't get harmed or spookedslept on ground and bathed in riversthe era of wide-open space ended as quickly as it began.had to herd them to get to railroad to ship them eastCh. 5.2:-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?government mad large land grants for railroadshomestead act offered 160 acres of land to any citzen who was head of the house hold and it was freeYellowstone national park was opened to keep some of the land left as the wild.-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?Houses weren't built out of wood because trees were rare and the houses leak and many pests and snakes invaded the houses-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?Plowing and reapingplows and reapers were very expensivethe dirt was hard to break through.Farmers were in great dept due to the cost to ship and buy plows and reapers.Ch. 5.3:-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
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