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September 11
group presentation :
Chapter 5 ;
5.1
- NA culture : Great plains (North and south da : Comanche, sioux, cheyenne, dakota. Women cooking, hide for hunter. Men : hunters-warriors. Children learned the culture, games, stories. followed the migration of buffalos. lived in tipies. Religion : great spirit, all things have a spirit, shamans, rituals, ceremonies.
- why move to the great plains ? : settlers : owing lands, making mining claims. Discovery of gold in 1858 colorado. Sioux chief : unsuccessfully appealed the gov to stop white sttlement in his trail. Bozeman trail. Fetterman massacre (80 people killed). Sand creek.
- us deal with the na mid to late 1800 + policies ? : Dawes act: trying to americanize the na trying to have their lands. tourists were shooting buffalo for sport so less food,clothing for the na. (65million to 1000 in 90 years). The battle of wounded knee : 28 dec 1890 : us cavalry killed 300 na -> reason ? (last na war)
- cowboy's life : working 10-14 h/day: spring round up, grazed and brnded them. Long drive (3 months) 1cowboy/250 heads of cattle.
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains? 1mile of rail road + 10 acres of land. Honestead Act: gov offered 160 acres to farmers if building houses 1862-1900. Railsroad : symbolic. closer together. Morrill Act : 1862-1900. gov gave land to states to help finance agricultural college.
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains? Settlers had to build house in the hills (water and wind). dugouts and soddies. Farmers went into debt because the equipment was expensive.
-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? floods, houses, far from people, indians, animals, weather, blizzard, dust, insects.
5.3
6.1
Comments
Good job!