1. Monday October 13, 2014 Mr. Goblirsch – U.S. History
OBJECTIVE – Students Will Be Able To – SWBAT:
Explain why settlers migrated west, how they survived on the Great Plains, and problems farmers of the Plains faced.
AGENDA:
WARM-UP: Westward Settlement Vocab
CONCEPT: Settling the Great Plains
GUIDED READING: Farmers’ Problems (P )
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: Chapter 5 Review Questions - DUE WEDNESDAY
****Slavery Essay DUE TODAY*****
***Unit 1 Foldable DUE TOMORROW***
Westward Settlement Vocab WARM-UP: (Follow the directions below)
***5 Minutes***
Homestead Act 4) Farmers’ Alliance
Exoduster 5) Populism
Morrill Act

2. Settling on the Great Plains
Ch 5

3. I. Moving West
A. RxR open the West (Transcontinental RxR )
1. Central Pacific—Sacramento to Utah
2. Union Pacific—Omaha to Utah

4. The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1868
The transcontinental railroad was completed in The Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met in Promontory Point, Utah and laid a Golden Spike

5. B. Govt Incentives 1. Homestead Act - 1862
a) 160 Acres of Land Given to Head of Family
b) Exodusters - Southern Black Settlers moved to Kansas
Oklahoma Land Rush
a) 200,000 Homesteaders rush to claim land
Some crossed the starting line too SOON
Oklahoma became the “SOONER” State

6. C. Westward = conflicts with Native Americans GREAT PLAINSMT ND SD MN WY IA NB IL CO MO KN OK TX
Settlers claimed N.A. had forfeited their right
To the land because they did not “improve” it

8. THE DARK AREAS DEPICT NATIVE LANDS BY 1894

9. SETTLERS ENCOUNTER HARDSHIPS
The frontier settlers faced extreme hardships – droughts, floods, fires, blizzards, locust plagues, and bandits
Despite hardships, the number of people living west of the Mississippi grew from 1% of the nation’s population in 1850 to almost 30% in 1900
LOCUST SWARM

10. Dry farming – fallow field allows recovery
II. Living on the Plains
Dugouts—dug into sides of hills
Soddy—built out of blocks of turf
Dry farming – fallow field allows recovery
B. Technology helps farmers
steel plow, reaper, barbed wire
C. Plains become “breadbasket of nation”

11. III. Govt supports farmers
Morrill Act 1862 & 1890
Land sold = $ for Universities
Land Grant Universities
Govt Gave Land to states---Land Sold
$ Financed Agricultural Colleges
Iowa First Land Grant University

12. IV. Farmers Problems
Borrowed Money to Buy Land
Crop prices fell - Needed More Land to Grow More Crops to Pay Debts
RxR Overcharge to Transport Grain
Farmers Mortgage Farms to Buy Supplies
Debts kept increasing
READ P

13. Ch 5 Review Questions
DIRECTIONS: Use your notes and textbook to answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. DO NOT WRITE DOWN THE QUESTION. Answer them in complete sentences.
Conflicts between Native Americans and the United States were largely over what? (Ch 5 Sec 1 P. 203)
What impact did the railroads have on the West? (Ch 5 Sec 2 P. 215)
In what ways did the government encourage settlement on the Great Plains? (Ch 5 Sec 2 P. 215)
How did new inventions and the Morrill Act change farming on the Great Plains? (Ch 5 Sec 2 P. 217)
Why did farmers think that an increased money supply would help solve their economic problems? (Ch 5 Sec 3 P. 220)
What reforms did the Populist party want to implement? (Ch 5 Sec 3 P. 221)
On P. 220, Answer Analyzing Political Cartoons Question #1.
On P. 220, Answer Analyzing Political Cartoons Question #2.