Chapter 17 – Into the Westpage 468

1860-1900

Section 1 – People of the Plains

• ______ - most native Americans moved from place to place as they followed their main source of food – the __________

• __________ construction – went a long way to kill off the buffalo population and the way of life for prairie natives

• May 10th, ______ in Promontory Point, Utah – the silver spike that completed the railroad was hammered in.

• _______________ – became a common occurrence for people travelling on the train ….needless to say they would not use any of the meat or carcass.

Section 1 – people of the plains

• For 2 and a ½ centuries, natives had to fight against _________________,_________________,______________ and now Americans.

• Battle of Little ______ - General ______ was defeated by the Sioux who were led by _____________ and _____________.

• In the end, ________ died and the Sioux won the battle.

• In 1881, the Sioux finally surrendered.

• Wounded Knee – 190 unarmed natives were killed by American troops

Section 1 – people of the plains

• The _______ Act – a document passed by congress that was supposed to give land to natives.

• It was unsuccessful because natives were nomadic and wanted to move from one spot to another .

• Real estate speculators and dishonest government officials took _______ million acres of the _________ million acres that had been given to them.

Section 2 – Ranching and Mining

• Cattle – the number of cattle went from 330,000 in 1850 to _____________ in 1860.

• Massive cattle ____________ would move cows from one place to another.

• Some herds could be _________ cows with _____ cowhands looking after them.

• Some problems with the cattle industry were drought, disease, floods, cold winters and rustlers.

Section 2 – Ranching and Mining

• Mining• Gold in ___________.• Copper in ________.• Silver was

everywhere.

• “this human hive, numbering at least 10,000 people, was the product of 90 days. Into it were crowded all elements of a rough and active civilization…gamblers…murderers…..street fights and a random shot.”

Section 2 – Ranching and Mining

• The wild west• Wild Bill ________• Billy the ________• Jesse _________• Annie __________• Westerns – movies

made to glamourize this 30 year period ( 1860-1890 )

• “I have been called a pioneer….A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization. I wish to God this country was just like it was when I first saw it and that none of you folks were here at all.”

Section 3 – Farming moves West

• 1862 – the _______ Act gave families __________ acres of land for 10 bucks.

• Some problems though as not of this land was actually used.

• Technology – barbed wire, windmills, reapers, mechanical binders, steam driven threshing machine.

• After an $ 8,000 investment, a famer could expect to get __________ a year in income.

Section 3 – Farming moves West

• Sod house reality• Weather – 100

degrees in the summer and massive blizzards in the winter

• Prairie fires • Grasshoppers• Drought• Prices of crops

• “There are 3 great crops raised in Nebraska. One is a crop of corn, one a crop of freight rates and one a crop of interest. One is produced by farmers, who sweat and toil, from the land. The other two are produced by men who sit in their office and behind their bank counters and farm the farmers.”

Cool pics

• Describe each picture’s scene.

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• Which one would you most want to be at?

• Why?