Project....
Create an iMovie that demonstrates your knowledge of the Great American West....
Include the following topics in your presentation:
Morrill Act, Comstock Lode, Little Bighorn, Treaty of Ft. Laramie,
Homestead Act, Ft. Smith Arkansas, Judge Parker, Ghost Dance,
Dawes Act, Soddy, Chisholm Trail, Manifest Destiny, Wounded Knee,
Transcontinental Railroad, Helen Hunt Jackson
Review Questions:
1. How did each of the following influence the development of the farming frontier: Railroads, the Homestead Act,
Barbed Wire, Windmills, and Mechanized Farm Equipment.
2. In what specific ways were the buffalo important to the Plains Indians?
3. Explain how the Railroad's land grants benefited the following:
A. Railroad stockholders
B. Pioneer farmers and Ranchers
C. the Nation
4. What forces brought an end to cattle raising on the "open range"?
5. What precious metals were discovered out west and what process' were used to extract the metals from the earth?
6. Discuss the United States official government policy toward Native Americans in the:
A. 1820's
B. 1870's
C. After 1887
We can help each other....
http://tinyurl.com/daviswestward
Quizlet Terms
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Scatter
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Westward Expansion Rap
1. How did each of the following influence the development of the farming frontier: Railroads, the Homestead Act,
Barbed Wire, Windmills, and Mechanized Farm Equipment.
2. In what specific ways were the buffalo important to the Plains Indians?
3. Explain how the Railroad's land grants benefited the following:
A. Railroad stockholders
B. Pioneer farmers and Ranchers
C. the Nation
4. What forces brought an end to cattle raising on the "open range"?
5. What precious metals were discovered out west and what process' were used to extract the metals from the earth?
6. Discuss the United States official government policy toward Native Americans in the:
A. 1820's
B. 1870's
C. After 1887
We can help each other....
http://tinyurl.com/daviswestward
Quizlet Terms
http://quizlet.com/82839/westward-expansion-in-the-1800s-flash-cards/
Scatter
http://quizlet.com/82839/scatter
Westward Expansion Rap