Friday:
Why did settlers/people move west?- Farmland, Hunting, gold- in Oklahoma they were ranching
Manifest Destiny- God given right to move west
Describe a cowboy's life-Cattle were in high demand, people in the cities needed food, sheep herding was popular for wool and clothing,
The reaper made harvesting easier,Plow, windmill, barbed wire
The Homestead Act- It gave people 160 acres free and clear for farmland 600,000 families took advantage of this
Gold and Silver mining-California, South Dakota, Colorado
Describe the importance of the buffalo to Native Americans and how the buffalo were destroyed
How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? what were their policies?
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