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Today, Hannah and I finished our THIRTY FIVE slide presentation! Holy cow it was a lot of notes!! Im glad we got to research that topic because I didnt really know much about it, and I dont think other people did either. So im glad we got to tell peo
Today Molly continued her presentation from yesterday:
Support for Settlement:
- In 1862 the Homestead Act was passed. The act stated that 160 acres would be given to a family if they would move out west
- From 1862 to 1900, 600,000 families took advantage
Taylor Peterson
5.1(Part 1) i was absent
Taylor Schaben
5.1(Part 2) MINE!!
Molly Brown
5.2(Part 1)
-it took 30 years to settle 800 mil acres
-expanded from coast to coast fulfilling Manifest Destiny
-people moved west on trails
-1884. the country boasted five
Today we continued on our projects.
Ch. 5.3: Molly Brown Continued
Most families had 160 acres on their homesteads.
Section 5-2, Jena Razz
The Great plains was a vast grassland region.
People built their houses in the sids of hills and ravins because they
Continue 5:2 section, In 1862 the homestead Act was passed, 160 acres was freely given to any citizen or family that would promise farming- only about 10 percent of the people of the land was actually settled by the famileis for whom it was intended,
Ch. 5.1:
-Describe Native American culture. used buffalo, every part, for things. didnt waste things. men hunters women prepared food and hides..men and women with sensitivty became medicine men/ women...children learned behavior from games and myths
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-Describe Native American culture. used buffalo, every part, for things. didnt waste things. men hunters women prepared food and hides..men and women with sensitivty became medicine men/ women...children learned behavior from games and myths
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molly brown and jena rassumssen 5-2-
1) How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
act said that said that 160 acres was feet to a citizen or family
6 hundred thousand people took advantage of this
only about 10% of the land wa
Today we did more powerpoint presentations.
Ch. 5.1: Taylor Schaben
How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?
-assimilation: a plan that was made to make Native Americans a part of white culture
Today we did more presentations.
Settling on the Great Plains(Molly B.)
Support for Settlement
-1862 the Homestead act was passed.
-1862-1900 600,000 families took advantage of the offer
-About 10% of the land was actually settled by the families intended
Watched a CNN video where a pastor is going to burn all 2010 bibles.
We are going to study the Euroupe map again. We are going over the same area that we did yesterday.
Mr. Bruns introduced the islands in the Medittiranian( my or may not be spelled rig
Today we reviewed the European countries and capitals and learned the Medeteranian Islands.
NOTES:
ABORTION:
REPUBLIUCAN VIEW- We support the President’s strong efforts to promote adoption through increased tax incentives and bonuses to states that plac
Today we watched a video about the pastor who wants to burn 200 copies of the islamic bible. After that we went over the Europe map test. The test will be in about 3 weeks. Then we worked on our project.'Here are what the republicans believe.
Abortion
