Today we did more powerpoint presentations.
Ch. 5.1: Taylor Schaben
How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
-assimilation: a plan that was made to make Native Americans a part of white culture
-Dawes Act: Americanize Native Americans. gave Native Americans 160 acres of land
-Battle of Wounded Knee: 300 Sioux killed, 25 soldiers killed. Symbolizes the end of Native American wars
Describe a cowboy's life.
-used cattle as substitute for buffalo. learned ranching from Mexicans
-first cowboys were Mexicans
-Vaqueros influenced cowboys speech, clothes, and food
-Chisholm Trail: major cattle route
-worked 10-14 hours a day on the ranch. 14 hours on the trail
-started at age 15 stopped at 40
-open range ended from barbed wire
Ch. 5.2: Molly Brown and Jena Rasmussen
How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
-railroads linked our country together and improved transportation
-Homestead Act: 160 acres was free to a citizen or family if they promised to farm
-land speculators took advantage of the act
-goal: help the common person
What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?
-droughts
-floods
-fires
-blizzards
-locust plagues
-raids by outlaws and Native Americans
What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
-new equipment was expensive
-farmers went bankrupt
-cost for shipping grain went up so western farmers were charged more
-railroads charged more for short hauls and claimed it was just business
-this brought farmers together
Ch. 6.1: Leah Eng and Chelsea Musfeldt
What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?
-discovery of oil
quote of the day: "I call it the Blue Screen of Death!"
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