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The Wild West:

“How the West was Won” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW9o2nR11DM

Westward Expansion: https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/westwardexpansion/

Great Plains: A large area of grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.

Railroads: Brainpop https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/railroadhistory/

Transcontinental Railroad: railroad line constructed to connect the Pacific Coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LeqSJi0D1k

Range War: Battles fought between farmers and ranchers, and miners and cowboys over land and water rights in the West from the 1870s until after 1900.

Western Gunfight! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IfWXjRLCDc

Sod Houses: A home built of sod blocks by homesteaders on the Great Plains; sod is a layer of grass and dirt held together by dense roots.

Hardships Encountered By Settlers: 1. Finding building materials 2. natural geography 3. climate conditions 4. isolated communities 5. lack of revenue

American Indians: Brainpop https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/americanindians/

Plains Indian Wars: War between the U.S. and the Native Americans that lasted until 1900 when the last of the Indians surrendered.

Treaty: A formal agreement between nations.

Reservations: Land set aside for Native Americans to live on when they were forced from their homeland.

Custer’s Last Stand (Little Big Horn) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H1FFyPRBB0

Work: Write a paper describing the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the west and Tennessee native George Jordan.

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