1. Ch 13- Life on the Great Plains

2. Buffalo - Buffalo was revered as a God to Natives
- Natives would follow the buffalo from place to place
- Used every part of the buffalo
- Whites came and slaughtered them
- No buffalo, no natives

3. Natives and the American Government
Treaty of Fort Laramie gave Natives land
Gold/Silver was found on that land
Natives would then be forced to move
Natives instead fought back
Led by the Sioux – Sitting Bull

4. Battles with Natives Battle/Massacre Happened? Importance? Key People
Sand Creek
Red River War
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Wounded Knee

5. After the Wars -After the wars, natives were put on other reservations
- People also tried to assimilate natives
Try to make them adopt the culture of the majority
Sent natives to schools like the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania

6. Movement West - Settlers then tried to move to the Great Plains
- Government had the Homestead Act
Gave away free land as long as you took care of the land
- People would use the transcontinental railroad
- Farmers would also use soddies
Houses made out of sod

7. Support for the Farms - List three problems with farmers
- Farmers tried to protect each other with Populism
19th century political group to help farmers get heard by the government
- Leader was William Jennings Bryan
- Wanted bimetallism-
- Jennings Bryan gave the “Cross of Gold Speech” – stated that gold was crushing the Populists
Election of McKinley (R) vs. Bryan (D)
Issue was bimetallism