MONDAY- no school
TUESDAY- review
WEDNESDAY- test
THURSDAY- test
FRIDAY- Why did people move to the West/Great Plains? farming, cattle ranching, gold, hunting, buffalo, deer, rabbits
Manifest Destiny- God given right to move west
Cattle Ranching- cattle were high demand and needed food
Sheepherding- clothing
Reaper- made harvest quicker
Other inventions- plow, windmill, barbed wire
Homestead Act- move west-they got 160 acres (600,000 families)
Gold and Silver Mining- California, Nevada, South Dakota, Colorado, Alaska How? panning, shakers
Union(Omaha) & Central (California) Pacific- Chinese people (workers) came to California
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