What were the physical features and climate like in the Great Plains during West Migration?
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What were the physical features and climate like in the Great Plains during West Migration?
Flat lands
Low rainfall
Erosion
Dust storms
What are the five reasons for Westward Expansion?
Land
Adventure
Railroad
Gold
Escape discrimination
Windmill
Used to pump water out of the ground
Barbed Wire
Types of fence used to protect crops from cattle.
Sod House
Shelters made of dirt and grass bricks
Reaper
Used to harvest wheat
Steel Plow
Used to dig deeply into the hard soil
Dry Farming
Planting seeds deep in the soil where it was still moist
Wheat Farming
Grown on the Great Plains because it can survive with limited amounts of water
Transcontinental Railroad
California Nebraska
• Central Pacific• Chinese workers
• Union Pacific• Irish workers
Where did the Transcontinental Railroad meet?
Promontory Point, Utah
General Custer
• Fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn• Known as Custer’s Last Stand• Battle between Lakota Sioux and U.S. Army
Geronimo
• Apache Chief• Led raids against US Army• Was the last American Indian to formally
surrender
Chief Joseph
“I am tired of fighting…from where the sun now stands, I will fight no more
forever.”
• Fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn
Battle of Wounded Knee
Ghost Dance
• Sioux tribe started the Ghost Dance• Fighting broke out– Sitting Bull killed
Reservation
Native American tribes forced off their own land
Assimilation
The US government’s attempt to change American Indians to fit into US culture
What are the negative effects on American Indians during
Westward Expansion
• Reduced buffalo population• Forced lifestyle changes•War & disease