Project Presentations
Chapter five two notes- Settling on the Great plains. Rail Roads moving west. 1862 crongress passed pacific bill railroad which granted public land and funds to build a transcontinental railroad. two groups were building the rail road started in the different parts. work was very hard. mojority of the work force were chinese. Both companies wanted to race to see how far they could get. Golden Spike was where the two RR met. Promintary point utah 1869. Signified our country coming together. Homestead Act- Gave right to and citizen recived 160 acres in the west. Many people had no idea what they were doing. Some of them did know but didn't have any water. kind of failed. why did people move west? homestead act. RR. There was free land. Cattlers, miners, and wood cutters. Only ten percent actually settled who were suppose to stay.. In less than a day over two million people took land in the state in Oklahoma.People got land before the government opened it up. Why they're called the Sooner State.
Dugouts and Soddies. the settlers built their homes into hills because there weren't many trees. Advantages- it was got in the winter and cold in the summer. Disadvantages- everytime it rained it would leak into the house. What was it like living on the Great Plains (stuggles) Lack of trees. The Women helped the men in the fields Shaved the sheep to make clothing. had to do all the larbor indoors. cooking cleaning and raising children. Argricultural eucations- supported act by national government. It was because olf that morril act of 1862 and 1890 allowed land to be givin to states so they would hlep finance agricultual The Hatch act of the 1887 allowed agricultural experimiment stations to help farmers.
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