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Started presentations
Outline of google docs
Outline due tomorrow
Tuesday-
Worked on presentations
Present Thursday
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Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
Polytheism- More than one god
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plain?
- Gold mining- Colorado
- Farming
- Land
- Cattle Ranching
- Railroads
- Adventure-Opportunities
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
- Treaties to find specific boundaries for each tribe
- Dawes Act- government decided they would give acres to Native Americans. Native Americans used it however they wanted to. The leftover land was sold to settlers who wanted to start their own farms. Government lied and took everything away from them.
- They went to war against them- 1860-1890
- Put them into reservations; promised them land
-Describe a cowboy's life.
- Texas Longhorn-
- Used horses for work and transportation
- Cowboys were as young as 15
- One cowboy to 350 head to cattle
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
Ch. 5.3:
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in?
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