7. Buffalo Uses
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• 1800- 15 million buffalo
• 1870- 1,000
• 2000- 260,000
8. Famous Indian War Battles
• Sand Creek Massacre-1864
• Battle of the Hundred Slain(Fetterman
Massacre)-1866
• Red River War-1874-75
• Battle of Little Bighorn(Custer’s Last
Stand)-1876
• Battle of Wounded Knee-1890-last major
skirmish between NA and US Army
19. Homestead Act
• Gave 160 acres of land to people to live
on and farm
• Attracted thousands of people to the
midwest
• Land speculators “stole” much of the land
that was set aside for the Homestead Act
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21. Struggles on the Great Plains
• Life on the Great Plains was not easy
• Lonely
• Bad weather
• Hard work
• Native Americans
• Lack of trees
• Railroad prices
• Debt
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24. Populist Movement
• Help farmers out of debt
• Give people a greater voice in government
• Increase money supply in circulation
• Graduated income tax
• Federal loan program
• Direct election of Senators
• Single terms for president/v.p.
• Secret ballot
• 8 hour work day
• Restrictions on immigration
25.
26. What helped the Industrial
Revolution to take place?
• Tons of natural resources
• Government helped business
• Cities were growing
• Immigrants provided cheap labor
• Growing population provided markets for
manufactured goods
• Oil boom
• Bessemer Process-cheap way to make
steel
37. The Grange
• The National Grange of the Order of Patrons
of Husbandry
• Organization in the US that encourages
families to work together to promote the
economic and political well-being of farmers
• Started after the Civil War and is still around
today
42. Granger Laws
• Series of state laws passed in several
Midwestern states-Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Illinois-in the late 1860s and early 1870s.
• Designed to fight back against railroad abuses
• Wanted railroads and grain elevators to charge
fair prices
• Munn v Illinois-1877-Supreme Court supported
farmers
• Wabash v Illinois(1886)-Supreme Court
supported the railroads
43. Interstate Commerce Act-1887
• Allowed the US Government to supervise
railroads
• Required railroad rates to be “fair and just”
• Set up Interstate Commerce Commission to
carry out law
• Failed to help farmers at first
