Mason Robbins Essays (691 words) - Americas, American Folklore

Mason Robbins Mrs.gray Per 1 9/4/17 CHAPTER 5 Section 1 1)SETTLERS PUSH WEST (A)The white settlers started buying land below the native Americans feet because the natives believed that land couldn't be bought,so they never bought any of it. (B)The lure of silver and gold brought a lot more whites into the area so the natives had to leave.The whites basically pushed them out. 2)THE GOVERNMENT RESTRICTS NATIVE AMERICANS (A)The government started putting in railroads inside of the plains in which the natives lived (B)The Bozeman trail was made in the middle of the Sioux hunting grounds 3)BLOODY BATTLES CONTINUE (A)General Philip Sheridan ordered his army "to destroy their village and ponies" (B)A gold rush started happening and the whites started expanding to the black hills 4)THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS ASSIMILATION (A)"The daws acts" tried making native Americans "American" and broke up the reservations (B)"The Americans started killing buffalo for sport 5)CATTLE BECOMES BIG BUSINESS (A)Because if the depleting amount of buffalo the native Americans were forced to raise cattle and horses (B)The Americans needed a lot more cows because of the rising demand for them 6)A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A COWBOY (A)Being a cowboy is hard and they worked 10-14 hours a day on a ranch 7)THE END OF THE OPEN RANGE (A)The grass was being overgrazed quickly and the cattle industry "met its end" section 2 8)SETTLERS MOVE WESTWARD TO FARM (A)From 1862-1900(38 years) 600,000 families moved to the west,which means less land 9)SETTLERS MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE PLAINS (A)The settlers faced droughts,floods,fires,blizzards,locust plagues,and the occasional raid by outlaws and native Americans (B)The houses/Sod style homes where dark and they attracted snakes,insects and other pests (C)being on the flat prairie people had to become super self-sufficient (D)They had to make everything they used and It probably wasn't an easy task (E)The settlers that lived in the prairie "worked year in and year out" (F)The farmers went into a lot of debt especially the large crop farmers because it was harder to switch the crop you could grow depending on the demand Section 3 10)FARMERS UNITE TO ADDRESS COMMON PROBLEMS (A)Money value shifted so the farmers were making less money (B)Transporting grain was quite the expense and it was getting harder for farmers to pay the fee 11)THE RISE AND FALL OF POPULISM (A)The price of silver plunged causing silver mines to close down and over 15,000 business men and 500 banks collapsed (B)populists watched as the two major political parties became decided in a struggle between different regions and economic interests Two paragraphs about the problems 1)A major problem I see was when the "Americans" started buying land.The Native Americans weren't doing anything about it because they believed it was wrong to buy/own land.Since the native Americans couldn't stand up for themselves the Americans bought most of the land.When the railroads startled coming in,it was put right in the middle of the reservations.The Americans started taking up all the land and it wasn't theirs to take.Overall I think the Americans could have been a lot more generous and kind to the natives. 2)Another major problem is the farming industry.So many people moved to get rich through framing,but this didn't happen for most people.A lot of farmers would mortgage their farm to buy more land,which isn't the smartest choice because of variation.The smaller farms were easier to handle and could make different crops quicker but the large farms where hard to change the crops Willy nilly.The problem with this is that a lot of people were doing this and it wasn't very smart.You should not follow what others people are doing cause sometime no one knows what the right way is.