Ch. 7.3
What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?
+A political machine is not an actual machine. A political machine is a network of people that all strive to have their party leader elected into political office. It is orga
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What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?
organization of people trying to get votes for their part.
What caused all this corruption in government?
patrionage-spoils system
What laws came about to reform governme
Jordan-Right Brothers:famous for making airplanes
5.2
Homested act:
-any person got 160 acres free
-weather,nativea americans,animals was a mojor hardace for the prarie people
-lots of dept for farmers,railroads
5.3
Who were the Populists and what di
-Describe Native American culture.
Plant crops, farm, small villages.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
Gold, land, farming, cattle ranching.
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were t
Ch. 5.2:
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
Railroads charged farmers too much
Homestead act- gave 160 acres of land to the head of the household
-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?
Drought, lack of
Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
-Why did settlers/people move to the Great Plains?
-How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
-Describe a cowboy's life.
Ch. 5.2 Haley (FINALLY):
-How di
Ch. 5.1: Hannah Madox
-Describe Native American culture.
1. Plant crops, hunt settle in small villages, they were nomadic.
After the Uropeans. Horses and guns. Were able to travel further, and hunt more eficiently.
They abiad tribal law.
They traded and p
was gone at a livestock judging contest
Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.- hunters and gatherers, they were given horses, wars broke out due to tribes trespassing on their land. they lived in small extended family groups, men trained to be hunters and warriors, women butchered ga
Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture.
*Tribes: Osage Iowa Sioux Cheyenne
*hunters and gatherers
*horses were given to tribes in New Mexico in 1598
-wores broke out due to this
*kuved ub snakk extebded family groups
*young men trained to be hunters and
