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

CaliforniaNebraska 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