Monday: We started on our projects and we created a outline of what it is about
Tuesday: We continued working on our project and had our outline checked by Mr. Bruns
Wednesday: Early Out, We continued working on our project and we had to start finishing up.
Thursday: We started presenting our projects
Native Americans-
- Sedentary Farmers- Lived in one place, houses made from stone, grew plants like squash, beans, and corn
- Nomadic-Hunters, survived by moving through the plains
Buffalo-
- Meat- eaten immediately or dried to store
- Skin and Fur- Blankets, clothes, rugs
- Bones-Knives
- Hooves- Glue
Settlers-
- Believed that owning land would give them more power
- Wagons and Railroad
- Believed that the Native Americans had not "claimed the land"
- Would try to get more land for more business
Gold Rush-
- California became the 31st state
- 1850- Surface gold disapeared
- 1848- James Marshall finds gold
Restricted By the Government
- 1834- Great plains as one reservation
- They chose to ignore the this- lead to battles
- Broke up reservation land to individuals
The Battle of Wounded Knee-
- Battle between Lakota people and the U.S. army
- Wounded Knee Creak in South Dakota
- 300 Lakota people and 30 soldiers killed
- Army was sent to take the weapons
Cattle Becomes Big Business-
- Charqui- jerky
- Bronco caballo- rough horse, ran wild
Cow Town-
- Found More convenient route
- Abilene, Kansas
- 35,000-75,000
Day in the life of a cowboy
- 10-14 hours a day
- 15-40 years old
- Spring when it began
- Kept heard in pin
Long Drive-
- 3 months to complete
- $100 or more per month
- 250-300 cows per 1 cowboy
Friday- We continued presenting our projects
Settlers meet the challenges of the plains
- Washed out crops
- Hard to plow
Women's Work-
- Often had to help in the fields
- Doctoring
- food
- built houses
- worked in schools and churches
Farmers in debt
- Machinery cost
- Loans
- Droughts
- Bankruptcy
- Bonanza Farms
Government Support for Settlement
- Homestead(1862-1900)
- 160 acres
- Land Rush
- 600,000 people
- Oklahoma
- Sooner State
- 270,000,000
The Closing of the Frontier
- Henry Washburn
- Wyoming
- 1872 Yellowstone was created
- Frontier Closed
Agricultural Education-
- Morrill Act
- Hatch Act
- Grains for arid soil
- Dry farming methods
- These things helped eastern plains become "the breadbasket of the nation
Technical Support for farmers
- Sod houses
- Steel Plows
- Water-pumping windmills
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