Monday -
1. What was President Bush doing when he heard of the attacks? He was teaching in a classroom in Florida
2. According to President Bush, what is the first thing a leader needs to do for the country in times of crisis? To project calm
3. Why did the Secret Service refuse to allow President Bush to go back to Washington D.C. right away? They felt it would be irresponsible because they didn't know what would come next and they didn't want him attacked
4. What did the US government/military do to to ensure another attack did not occur? They were given orders to shoot down commercial airliner
5. Why was President Bush sent to Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha? So that he was safe and because there was a lot of communication there. It was also secure
6. Why did President Bush eventually insist on going back to Washington D.C. later that day against the will of the Secret Service? He wanted to ensure to people that the government was functioning and he wanted to speak from the capitol not from Nebraska. He wanted people to know that the government was handling this
7. What was the point of President Bush's message to the nation on the evening of 9-11? He wanted people to know he wanted justice and that he was not declaring war. He tried to find a balance between striking and grieving.
8. Why did President Bush decide not to blame the CIA/FBI for not doing their job? He needed them to know who did this and not blame. He wanted them to look forward and not back
9. How did President Bush feel when he heard that Osama bin Laden had been killed? He congratulated Obama and the special operators. He had happiness, gratitude and he felt a closure
Tuesday - Checked over answers
Wednesday - Nobody believed that the idea of the railroad would work
Chinese workers made up 80% of the Union Pacific workers
The East and the West coasts worked on railroads
Settlers established towns next to the railroad
The Chinese were persecuted by white settlers
Hunting - in order to get food (Buffalo, Deer)
Trapping - in order to get food (Rabbit, Raccoon)
They would see fur for warmth/clothing
To get rid of the Indians, they got rid of the Buffalo's
Buffalo Uses - Pelt(clothing, blankets), Tail(Fly swat), Hair(Stuffing, Pillows, Rope), Fat(Cooking and soap), Brain(Tanning hides), Skull(Religious Rituals), Horns(Decorations, toys), Tongue(food), Manure(Fuel), Stomach(Buckets and cooking pots), Hooves(Glue and tool), Tendons(Thread and Bowstrings), Bones(Sewing needles, Arrowheads, Knives, Tools, Saddle Frames), Untanned Skins(Belts, Ropes, Strings, Bags), Tanned Skins(Moccasins, Clothing, Tent covers), Meat(Eaten)
Mountain Men - Explorers, trappers living in the wilderness; Common in the Rocky Mountains; Employed by fur companies
U.S Military - Containing the Native Americans in the West; Led to many wars
Thursday - Cattle Ranching and Cowboys - 1867-1880, open range(cattle roaming), Rail head towns(Towns at the end of railroads), Ranchers, Texas longhorns(Cross breed of cattle, Long Drive(Herding and moving cattle), Cattle Barons(Bigger ranchers)
25% of cowboys were ex-slaves
Life of a cowboy - Lonely and dangerous
Cattle Industry fell when the price of beef fell
People wanted Longhorns because they had large horns and they were big and sturdy
To take cattle to market from Texas to Kansas rail head was 1,000 miles
Cow towns - Dodge City, Kansas; Abilene, Kansas; Sedalia Missouri
In Dodge City there was lots of drinking, gambling, lots of money spent, fights, prostitution, gunfights/duels
Wyatt Earp was a sheriff in Tombstone, Arizona
Friday - Omaha/Kansas City Stockyards - Farmers brought their livestock and loaded them on trucks
Long drives were necessary to get them to the railroads
They came to an end after 15-20 years because people were farming everywhere and they couldn't travel through the farmland
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