Sept. 26th- Sept. 30 HOMECOMING WEEK

Mon. - Work Day

Tues. - Presentations

Wed. - NO SCHOOL

Thur. - Presentations Continued..

Fri. Continued

Presentations

Red River War

1874
Northern Texas(square part)
Campaign launched by the US Army
Was Against the Comanche, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Arapaho Native Americans
Moved them out of Texas into a reservation
More then 1000 horses dead

Ours

Battle of Little Bighorn

Between 7th Army Regiment and Crow and Shoshone, Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
Near Black Hills Named after a river
What happened
- Tension escalated in 1874
- Wanted the Gold
Fort Laramie Treaty
- It was a treaty giving them land we later took away (1868 happened before the battle)
- We first offered to buy it from the Native Americans, they refused
Battle
- They were in a valley
- No re-enforcement were coming to help
- Custer screwed up
Leaders
- Crazy Horse
- Custer
- Remo

Fetterman Massacre

Between U.S. Army and Lakota Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians
Who won?
- The Indians won
- They killed all 81 men in Fetterman's command
- Indian army put decoy's out to trick the US Army
  - It worked
Leaders
- Red Cloud
- Crazy Horse
- Fetterman
  - Commander of the US Army
  - He lead them into the massacre
  - He screwed up too
Fatalities
- Indian is unknown
- US was 81
- What challenges did settlers/farmers face on the Great Plains?
  - Railroad Prices and Debt
    - Railroads charged farmers high prices due to lack of competition
    - Many farmers mortgaged their farms to buy more seed and supplies
    - Crop prices fell due to overproduction
    - After the Civil War, the amount of money in circulation went down, so money became more valuable which made it harder to pay back debt
    - Farmers wanted more money in circulation
      - This would cause inflation which would be good for crop prices
Chapter 5.3 Key Questions
- Describe what the Grange was and their purpose
  - The Grange
    - The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry
    - Organization that helped farmers
    - Organization in the US that encourages families to work together to promote the social, economic and political well-being of farmers
    - Started after the Civil War (1867) and is still around today
  - Granger Laws
    - Series of state laws passed in several Midwestern states - Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois - in the late 1860s and early 1870s
    - Designed to fight back against railroad abuses
    - Wanted railroads and grain elevators to charge fair prices
    - Munn Illinois - 1877 - Supreme Court supported farmers
    - Wabash v Illinois (1886) - Supreme Court supported the railroads
- Describe what the Interstate Commerce Act did
  - Interstate Commerce Act - 1887
    - Allowed the US Government to supervise railroads
    - Required railroad rates to be "fair and just"
    - Set up Interstate Commerce Commission to carry out law
    - Failed to help farmers at first

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