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Chapter 19 Study Guide

Chapter 19 Study Guide. Key Terms. Cooperative Inflation Subsidy Corral Lode Reservation. Main Ideas. Comstock Lode affect on the West What changed the way the Plains Indians hunting Threat to cowhands on cattle drives Terms of the Fort Laramie Treaty Dawes Act of 1887

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Chapter 19 Study Guide

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  1. Chapter 19 Study Guide

  2. Key Terms • Cooperative • Inflation • Subsidy • Corral • Lode • Reservation

  3. Main Ideas • Comstock Lode affect on the West • What changed the way the Plains Indians hunting • Threat to cowhands on cattle drives • Terms of the Fort Laramie Treaty • Dawes Act of 1887 • Reason for unsuccessfulness • Role of buffalo in the lives of the Plains Indians • Cow towns function during the cattle boom

  4. Main Ideas - Continued • Exodusters move to Kansas – reasons • Problems caused by mining boom • Mens role in the society of Plains Indians • Reason for buffalo herds decline in the 1830’s and 1840’s • Challenge to Plains farmers in the 1800’s • Victory for Native Americans over the cavalry troops – where • Plains Indians ways of communication

  5. Main Ideas - Continued • The Illinois State Farmers’ Association, April 1873 • “Resolved, That we regard it as the undoubted power and the imperative duty of the legislature, to pass laws fixing reasonable maximum rates for freight and passengers…” • Support this resolution – Who • Interpretation of the quote • Group to be allies with the Association • What would the Association support

  6. Main Ideas – Continued • Challenge of foreign miners • Leader who surrendered ending formal warfare • Reason for the Plains Indians using buffalo • Job to drive cattle – Who • Reason for buffalo extinction

  7. Main Ideas - Continued • Problems Plains farmers faced because of the climate • Texas longhorn cattle popularity – why • Women’s role in the Plains Indian society • Native Americans way of life demise – why • Gold and silver effect on development in the west • Fort Laramie Treaty promised not kept • Homestead Act – what was the encouragement

  8. Essay • How was life in a boomtown during a gold rush similar to life in a cow town during Cattle Kingdom? Use at least two examples. • Describe the steps farmers took and the organizations they formed to promote political and economic reform between 1867 and 1896 • Describe the life that farm families led on the Great Plains in the 1870’s. Explain why they were called “sodbusters” and how they endured hardships. • Examine how movement of settlers to the west affected the Indian way of life in the United States. Analyze the attempts of Native American groups and the United States government to settle disputes between Native Americans and settlers, giving at least three examples that support your main idea.

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