- What was the West like before 1865?
- Indians and Buffalo
- Text, 19.1
- Couldn’t afford
- Describe
- Isolation
- Geography – main reason
- CFL #6: Overcoming Geography: The Settlement of the West
- Use topographical maps
- Civil War
- How were these obstacles overcome? [add to diagram]
- Indians and Buffalo
- Text, 19.4
- Map Mystery: "The Flight of the Nez Perces"
- Biopoem and "I Will Fight No More"
- CFL #9: Indian Wars: Interpretations of the Sand Creek Massacre
- DBA, U.S. Indian Policy, p. 517
- Couldn’t afford
- Text, 19.5 Farming and Homestead Act, pp. 562-564 only
- Looking for a better life
- Isolation
- Farming and Homestead Act
- Mining and railroads
- Text, 19.2
- Worksheets on railroads and mining
- Geography
- Farmers and ranchers learn to cope and rely on each other
- Text, 19.3
- CFL #7: The American West: When Cattle Was King
- Farmers and ranchers learn to cope and rely on each other
- End of Civil War
- Men had to return
- Property destroyed
- Sickened by war; looking for a new life
Indian Peoples of the Great Plains
Prediction Guide
Before reading: In the space to the left of each statement, place a check mark (ü ) if you agree or think the statement is true.
During or after reading: Add new check marks or cross out those about which you have changed your mind. Keep in mind that this is not like the traditional "worksheet." You will have to do some thinking in order to "read between the lines." Use the space under each statement to note the page number and paragraph(s) where you find information to support your thinking.
____ 1. Indians living on the plains were completely dependent on the buffalo.
____ 2. It was the Spanish conquerors who taught the Indians all about horses.
____ 3. Without women planting and harvesting crops, the tribe wouldn’t have survived.
____. 4. Indians used buffalo for food, clothing, shelter and entertainment.
____ 5. When a woman wanted to hunt buffalo, she asked permission of her father or her husband.
____ 6. The roles of men and women in the Indian society are much like that of men and women in the Lewistown area today.
____ 7. In the religion of the Plains Indians, the people honored the "Great Spirit" which was based on the moon.
____ 8. The more horses a tribe had, the more buffalo they killed.
Mining and Railroading
Prediction Guide
Before reading: In the space to the left of each statement, place a check mark (ü ) if you agree or think the statement is true.
During or after reading: Add new check marks or cross out those about which you have changed your mind. Keep in mind that this is not like the traditional "worksheet." You will have to do some thinking in order to "read between the lines." Use the space under each statement to note the page number and paragraph(s) where you find information to support your thinking.
____ 1. The discovery of gold led people to drop everything and begin to cross the territories of the Plains Indians.
____ 2. There were more bars in mining towns than any other kind of business.
____ 3. Once a mining town was built, it lasted a very long time.
____ 4. Mining made many people very rich.
____ 5. Most people moved West by wagon trains; they were afraid to use the new steam railroads.
____ 6. The Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad were actually the same railroad.
____ 7. The U.S. government gave away land to the railroad companies that didn’t actually belong to them.
____ 8. When a railroad came to a territory the chances were that this territory soon became a new state.
____ 9. The word "transcontinental" means "across the country".
____ 10. The great railroads were actually built by foreigners and not by Americans.
