Monday- Worked in groups
Tuesday- Worked in groups
Wednesday-
Ch. 5.1
-Describe Native American culture. Women made hides for hunter and cooked the men were hunter and warriors they moved with the buffalo they used all of it never wasted any.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains? Missouri river and Rocky mountains. thought they were going to start mining and they thought it was going to make them rich there weren't nice town run down dirt roads.
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's?What were their policies? Doz act trying to Americanis them make them like white people gave them 160 acres of land. Hunting for buffalo 65 million to a thousand. The battle of wounded knee. cavalry last native American war. U.S waged war against him. Battle of little bighorn win for the native Americans
-Describe a cowboy's life. they worked 10-14 hour days. spring round up all the cattle on there land wouldn't feed them so they would stay and graze. long drive lasted about 3 months 1 cowboy per 250 heat of cattle had to drive them up north Texas to Kansas because lack of transportation.
Thursday-
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains? when settlers moved west to great planes if they built one mile of track they got 10 miles of land every mile made they got 10 square miles. Homestead act government gave farmers and settlers 160 acres of land could start building houses 1862 - 1900. Morril act happened between 1862 - 1890 this was when the government gave to land to the states to help finance agriculture.
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains? Settlers had to build houses on hills out of the land they called them dugouts and soddies farmers went into debt because the equipment was to expensive. issues farmers faced crop prices good land was hard to find railroads overcharged farmers. worry about native American attacks
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? ground was hard.
Friday-
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? they were in debt
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in? wanted to help people out. helped get farmers out of debt
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Good!