- Settling on the Great plains
- The government gave grants of over 170 million acres
- a lot of farmers and immigrants settled there
- Five transcontinental railroads
- Homestead act
- had to be the head of your house
- gained 160 acres to improve it for 5 years
- only 10
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Mitt Romney’s Speech about the 47 percent
“There are 47 percent who will vote for the president no matter what, there are 47 percent who pay no income tax, and there are 47 percent who are dependent on government and believe they are enti
Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
-How did the US govt deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies? They tried to Americanize them and started treating
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains
- Helped people move to the west
- The act let people get and buy land to move out west
- Helped them get to the West faster.
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?
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-Describe Native American culture.
- settled in small villages, hunted and planted crops.
- others hunted and gathered foods.
- not all tribes got along.
- many lived as a family
- no one was dominate
- land was shared by all the tribes.
-Why did settlers/people mo
Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture. oasage and iowa indian trbe stettled in small villages. they lived near the lower mississippi river. they hunted and planted crops, the westen tribes were nomads.(cheyanne and souix) A nomad is someone who
- 57th presidential election
- Obama 47% nationally democrat
- Romney 46% nationally republican
- Tuesday November 6th, 2012
We continued with presentations today.
Settlers Push Westward -
The settlers culture and Native Americans views were very different. Native Americans didn't believe that the land should be owned, but the settlers thought the land should be owned.
Silv
-Describe Native American culture.Settled in small villages, Hunted and planted crops. Western cultures were nomadic and they hunted and gathered. When the Spanish introduced horsed it made life easier for the Native Americans. There were a lot of wa
-We worked on current event issues
-Our current event was the 'Show me you papers law' in Arizona
-Law enforcement was approved by:
-An Arizona Judge
-U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton
-U.S. Supreme Court
-Passed in 2010
-Since then 5 states Alabama Georgia
the assasination of the us ambassador
t was in iLibya, the attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans last week. there was approxamitel 30 to 50 people that took part said the prime minester
settling on the great plains- settlers, got land grants for helping to build rail roads.
Transcontinental Railroads-
sacremento-omaha
Kansas -los angel es
new Orleans- los angeles
Chicago - Seattle
home stead act- gave the person 160 acres
settlers had to
Today we researched current events. Our topic was presidential elections.
- Election is going to be on Nov. 6.
- 270 electoral votes needed to win.
- 2 other people running- Gary Johnson and Jill Stein.
- 11 republicans dropped out.
- Republican National Convention
Chapter 5.1:
- Osage and Iowa Indian tribes settled in small villages.
- lived near the Mississippi river.
- hunted and planted crops.
- they also hunted and gather foods.
Living with a horse.
- spanish brought horses to new mexico in 1598
- they left their homes on th
i came in with like 10-15 mins left of class. soo im not sure what happened.
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
the transcontinental railroads were from sacrament to omaha kansa los angeles new orleans los angeles chicago seattle st. apul seattle homestead act: if you stayed on land
Presidential Elections
This is the most expensive and bitter elections
Will be held on November 6 this year
Barrack Obama-democratic candidate
Mitt Romney- republican candidate
Gary Johnson-libertarian candidate
57th election
Obama needs 33 electoral votes
Candidates:
Democratic- Barack Obama
- tax millionaires more
- help the middle class
- bring home troops
Republican- Mitt Romney
- Stresses family
- Religious Freedom
- cutting government spending
- income tax law
Libertarian- Gary Johnson
- Socially liberal views
- simplifying a
Today our group researched about the withdrawals of troops from Afghanistan. Basically studying current events.
it is teh peole that will vote ethiner way eendent on teh governemnt they can not be strayed
"If there are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what” because they are “dependent upon government” and “believe that they are
