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Reaction: Geography Skills page 572

The period of 1850-1890: How did the West change & develop? Essay

1. Indian Relations: Fort Laramie Treaty, reservation, Battle of the Little Bighorn, massacre at Wounded Knee, Dawes General Allotment Act.
2. Railroads: transcontinental railroad, Pacific Railway Acts, Chinese immigrants.
3. Cattle Industrial: Open Range, Texas Longhorns, Railroads, Chisholm Trail.

 

 

Chapter 19 Identifying People and Ideas & Understanding Main Ideas-Page 602-Due Friday

Questions:From your Knowledge, Chapter 18, & Yesterdays film.

1. What was Manifest Destiny?
2. Who went west? What type of people?
3. What was in their way on the Great plains?
4. How did the U.S. Government try to help the settlers?
5. What did these new inhabitants do as occupations on the plains?
6. What transportation was introduced into this region?
7. What was the Fort Laramie Treaty?
8. What was the Sand Creek Massacre?
9. What was the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
10. What was the Massacre at Wounded Knee ?