1. Key Topic 2 – Development of the Plains 1862-1876
Advantages
Impact
Goodnight-Loving
Limitations
Aims
Homestead Act 1862
The First Transcontinental Railroad 1869
Beef Bonanza
Significant Individuals
McCoy and Abilene
1. Development of Settlement in the West
2. Ranching and the Cattle Industry
Problems
Homesteaders
Key Topic 2 – Development of the Plains
Iliff
Solutions
Cowboys
Law and Order
3. Changes to Plains Indians
Ranchers V Homesteaders
On the Long Drive
On the Ranch
Solutions
Impact
Indian Wars
Little Crow’s War
Reservations
Red Cloud’s War
Sand Creek Massacre
Fort Laramie Treaty