We did presentations today! i dont think i will go today, but maybe!! my chapter and section was chapter 8 section 3. topic was segregation and discrimination.
Ch. 5-Changes on the Western Frontier
~Section 1: Cultures Clash on the Great Plains
-native american people were very simple abided by rules and hunted
-spanish brought over horses, that changed the way they hunted a lot.
- Coup sticks were popular.
-settlers believed that land was not owned.
-settlers moved west seeking more land.
-restrictions, the midwest was for the native americans
-disagreed and continued hunting
-death toll rises massacre of cheyenne at sand creek in 1864.
-killed 80 settlers; the battle of the hundred slain or the fetterman massacre.
-assimilation is native americans joining the "white" culture.
-1890 only 1000 of buffalo remained
-The Dawes Act, 160 acres per family and 80 for unmarried.
-Cowboys start in spring and round the cows up and make them starve which would make them graze.
-Cowboys career was good! on high demand! everyone wanted beef.
~Section 2: Settling on the Great Plains
-moved west. railroads help that!
-two companys union pacific and central pacific
-government gave the companys land to lay railroads on
-1862 homestead was passed the homestead act
- gave farmers 160 acres that they could do whatever they wanted with it, otherwise they would steal land and say its theres.
-had many challeges, floods, drought and winter storms.
-doug out is a house dug out of a hill. soddies were fireproof but many creatures could get into it.
-1837 John Deere invented the plow
-1847 Cyrus McCormick invented the reaping machine
Morrill act of 1862 for agrilcture colleges.
Section 3: Farmers and the Populist Movement
-starting and finishing tomorrow
Ch. 6-A New Industrial Age
Section 1: The Expansion on Industry
Section 2: The Age of the Railroads
Section 3: Big Business and Labor
Ch. 7-Immigrants and Urbanization
Section 1: The New Immigrants
Section 2: The Challenges of Urbanization
Section 3: Politics in the Guilded Age
Ch. 8-Life at the Turn of the Century
Section 1: Science and Urban Life
Section 2: Expanding Public Education
Section 3: Segregation and Discrimination
Section 4: The Dawn of Mass Culture
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