The first presentation was 5-2.
It was settling on the great plains.
Pacific railroad Central
-transcontinental
-majority workers are Chinese desent
-companies recruited
-did dangerous work
-Utah meeting point in 1869
-wedding of the rail promentary point Utah
-golden spike
Homestead Act
-Abraham Lincoln
-160 acres of land if they stayed there for five years for free was given
-Cattlers and miners used land
-not all plots equal in size
-Oklahoma was given to over 2 million people
Duggouts and Soddies
-built into hills
-helped with climate
-rain leaked into the house
-Women help the men in the feilds and shaved sheep and cleaned and cooked and raised the children.
Agricultural Education
-supported by national government
-ground dry
-Hatch Act of 1887 allowed exprimentations
Closing the Frontier
-Washburn Langford
-1870 geysers & springs
-Yellowstone
-Landholding were taken from Railroads
-1880 bought more than 19 million acres of government land
-scared people
-tough for farmers
-1837 steal plow
-1841 grain drill
-1847 reaping machine
-1869 spring tooth harrow
-1878 corn binder
-Grain more available
-machines are expensive
-Bonanza Farms
-cheap and much land
-some preserved
-farming cost more
JUSTICE KATY AUSTIN F
Changes on the Western Frontier
-west of the Mississippi was unknown
-grassland
-Spain brought horses and guns to indian tribes
-wars over hunting territories
-buffalo important
-Tribe extended family
-Plains Indians believed in spirits
-no leaders
-Sttlers wanted to own the land for mining\
-gold and silver
-mining camps filthy
-ghost towns
-people from everywhere
-Gold rush lead to better railroads
-native americans pushed out
-over 150 killed children and women
-"I want no peace till the Indians suffer more:"
-80 soldiers killed
-Fetterman Massacre
-Land taken away
-fight
-Indians fought for what they thought was right
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