Ch. 5 Powerpoint

1. Ch. 5-6
• Moving West and the Industrial Revolution

3. Ch. 5.1 Key Questions
•Why did settlers/people move to the Great
Plains/West?
•Describe a cowboy's life.
•Describe the importance of the buffalo to Native
Americans and how the buffalo were destroyed.
•How did the US gov't deal with Native Americans in the
mid to late 1800's? What were their policies?

4. Why did people move to the Great Plains/West?

6. Manifest Destiny

7. Cattle Ranching

8. Sheepherding

9. Farming

10. Homestead Act

12. Gold and Silver Mining

13. Working on the Railroad

14. Hunting/Trapping/Adventure

17. Importance of Buffalo to Native-Americans
• 1800- 15 million buffalo
• 1870- 1,000
• 2000- 260,000

18. Mountain Men

19. US Military

24. Longhorn Steer

25. Open Range

26. Long Drives

30. Cowtowns

31. Dodge City, Kansas

32. What happened in Dodge City stayed in Dodge City!
•Lots of money to be spent
•Drinking
•Gambling
•Fights
•Prostitution
•Gunfights/Duels-Link
•Took the law into their own hands

33. Abilene, Kansas

34. Sedalia, Missouri

35. Law and Order
• Wyatt Earp
• Dodge City Video
• Gunfight at the OK Corral
• Video 1
• Video 2
• Video 3

36. Law and Order
•Wild Bill Hickok
•Video 1

37. Omaha Stockyards

38. Kansas City Stockyards

39. Why were long drives necessary?
•Why did they come to an end after only 15-
20 years?
•Video

40. US Native American Policies

41. Reservations

42. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

43. Indian and Oklahoma Territory Merge in 1907 forming State of
Oklahoma

45. Destruction of Buffalo

46. Dawes Act-1887
•Gave land to Native American families to farm
•Ended tribal ownership of land
•Those that do this will be granted US citizenship
•Goal was to “Americanize” Native-Americans
•Native-Americans lost much of their land
•Not required but the other option was not good
•Ended in the 1930’s under President Roosevelt’s Indian
Reorganization Act

49. The Plains Wars

50. 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

51. Research-50 points
•Who fought?
•When?
•Where?
•Who won? How/Why?
•Leaders from each side
•Deaths/Casualties
•Supporting details to round out battle
•Include pictures/maps/other visuals
•Include sources

52. Ch. 5.2 Key Questions
-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the
Great Plains?
-What challenges did settlers/farmers face on the Great
Plains?
-How did settlers/farmers solve some of these problems?

53. Working on the Railroad

56. 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

58. Struggles on the Great Plains
•Life on the Great Plains was not easy
•Lonely
•Bad weather
•Grasshopper Plagues
•Hard work
•Native Americans
•Lack of trees
•Railroad prices
•Debt

59. Lonely

61. Bad Weather

64. Insect Plagues
Rocky Mountain Locust
•Article
•Hit farms hard in the 1870’s
•Extinct as of 1902

67. Hard Work

71. Native American Attacks
•There were Native American attacks on settlers
throughout the mid-late 1800s in many parts of America
•Attacks were common, but they were also sporadic, and
usually involved a fairly low number of casualties

72. Lack of Trees--Sod Houses

74. Dugouts

78. Railroad Prices and Debt
•Railroads charged farmers high prices due to lack of
competition
•Many farmers mortgaged their farms to buy more seed and
supplies
•Crop prices fell due to overproduction(next slide)
•After the Civil War, the amount of money in circulation went
down, so money became more valuable which made it harder
to pay back debt
•Farmers wanted more money in circulation
•This would cause inflation which would be good for crop
prices

81. Ch. 5.3 Key Questions
•Describe what the Grange was and their purpose.(Ch. 5.3 and
6.2)
•Describe what the Interstate Commerce Act did.(Ch. 6.2)
•Describe who the Populists were and what they believed in?

82. 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 social, economic and political well-
being of farmers
•Started after the Civil War(1867) and is still around today

85. The Grange

87. Official Website

88. Granger Laws(Ch. 6.2)
•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

89. 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

92. Populist Movement-Omaha Platform-1890’s
•Help farmers out of debt
•Give people a greater voice in government
•Increase money supply in circulation-Silverites
•Graduated income tax
•Direct election of Senators
•Single terms for President/Vice President
•Secret ballot
•8 hour work day
•Restrictions on immigration

94. Help Farmers Out of Debt-Why?

95. Give People a Greater Voice in Government-
Why?

96. Increase Money Supply in Circulation-Why?

97. William Jennings Bryan-Cross of Gold

99. The Wizard of Oz
•A movie about the Gold Standard vs Bimetallism?
•Video Link

100. Graduated Income Tax-Why?

101. Direct Election of Senators-Why?

102. Single Terms for President/Vice President-Why?

103. Secret Ballot-Why?

104. 8 Hour Work Day-Why?

105. Restrictions on Immigration-Why?