5.1
Gold rush- a lot of people came running during the gold rush and forced a lot of people out of their land.
1/4th of the cowboys were black. The cowboys barelly used their guns just to protect themselves and their cattle.
Buffalo suffered a big loss they went from 65,000,000 to 1000
5.2
Homestead Act- The government gave people the land to farm and if they stayed there for 10 years they get the land for free. A lot of the people left and didn't stay.
Transcontinental Railroad- the transcontinental railroad was one of the other rerasons that people came.
Dugouts and Soddies- people had to build their houses out of mud and grasson the great plains.
Women work- Women had to take care of the kids, clean, and help in the feild.
5.3
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