1. THE SETTLING OF THE GREAT PLAINS
Assignment: 10 points
Due: Friday
Text: Red Book: 392-396 Your Blue Book: 214-218
In the mid-1800’s, the Great Plains region was considered
“the Frontier” or wild, undeveloped area of the U.S. In roughly
30 years after the Civil War, this region was rapidly transformed
into a farming region as white settlers flocked to this part of the
U.S. to take advantage of the Homestead Act which gave 160
acres free to anyone who would settle on the land and Cultivate
it for 5 years. As a result, the “frontier” disappeared. Create a
Diagram/web showing this settlement of the Great Plains.
INCLUDE each of the following items in your diagram. For each
item include:
A) a small icon/symbol representing that item
B) a short caption explaining how it contributed to
the settlement of the Great Plains
ITEMS:
-Homestead Act
-railroads
-Oklahoma “Sooners”
-Yellowstone National Park
-Soddy, Dugout
-Steel Plow
-Reaper
-Barbed Wire
-Windmill
-the “Breadbasket”