Bellringer (3/10/14)

Please write the question and your answer.

Write the funniest Chuck Norris joke that you know.

Please take a minute to consider your answer.

Chuck Norris doesn’t age…

…but if he did, he would be 74 today!

What do you see?On your own, write down a brief statement

describing what these images have in common.

What does this tell you?Skim for new words and phrases. Write them down and tell how

this is important to the images in the last slide.

“By 1800, the small buffalo herds east of the Mississippi River were gone. Buffalo may have been killed to protect livestock and farmlands in that region. With westward expansion of the American frontier, systematic reduction of the plains herds began around 1830, when buffalo hunting became the chief industry of the plains. Organized groups of hunters killed buffalo for hides and meat, often killing up to 250 buffalo a day.

Unfortunately, many people at the time also wanted to eradicate buffalo as a way to take away the livelihood and well- being of Native Americans. Native American tribes depended on the buffalo's meat and hides, and many still today believe the animal has special spiritual and healing powers, making it an important part of their culture.

The construction of the railroads across the plains further hastened the depletion of buffalo populations. Hunting from train windows was advertised widely and passengers shot them as the buffalo raced beside the trains. By 1883 both the northern and the southern herds had been destroyed. Less than 300 wild animals remained in the U.S. and Canada by the turn of the century out of the millions that once lived there.”

The Ghost Dance

What was the Ghost Dance?

Now watch actor Wes Studi’s interpretation of Wovoka preaching about his vision…

Americanization and the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Watch this Crow man describe the boarding school on the Crow reservation. How do these pictures illustrate the concept of Americanization?

Side-bar

Jim Thorpe (Olympian, baseball, and football star) and “Pop” Warner both have ties to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School

Bellringer: The Dawes Act (3/11/2014)

Quickly list some of the pros and cons of the Dawes Act as passed in 1887. Use page 443 for help.

Pros Cons

Mining and Ranching

Key Words/People: Comstock Lode, placer mining, hydraulic mining, hard-rock mining, Chisholm Trail, Joseph Glidden

Gold (and other metals)!

1799 – Gold in North Carolina1828 – Gold in Georgia1848 – Gold in California1858 – Gold in Colorado1859 – Silver in Nevada (Comstock Lode)1897 – Gold in Alaska

Special Sales in Seattle!

A prospector needed a year’s worth of supplies.

Use your phones or devices to find out the different supplies required to get to the Klondike!

http://tinyurl.com/8xxp3j3

Make a list of 10 different items needed!

Jack London – Adventurer, Prospector, Author

Take a look at this quick film about the man… the myth… the legend…

Working in the Gold Mine…

Evolution of Mining…placer mining (cheap)

Hydraulic mining (costly)

Hard-rock mining (really expensive)

Bellringer (3/12/14)

Please write both the statement and the answer.

Describe how the discovery of precious metals has influenced settlement of North America.

Please take a few minutes to consider your answer.

Beef…it’s what’s for dinner!

War is over, Indians are on reservations, and there is a TON of new land available in the West now that the buffalo are pretty much gone…what will the country have for dinner?

Getting the Herds to MarketUsing the map on pg. 447 and the text on 447-448, answer the following

questions. You do not need to write the questions.

1. What were advantages of the Longhorn breed over other breeds?2. Cattle ranchers often found themselves in conflict with which other

livestock?3. What cities were major meat packing centers?4. How did the cattle get from the plains to the centers? Name the four trails

on the map.5. In what state were the cattle originally bought?6. What was Joseph Glidden’s contribution to the ranching and farming

world?

You have 20 minutes

Movin’ out WestLook through pages 449-453. With a partner, answer the following questions. You do not need to write the question.

1. What was a “soddie?” What were good and bad about “soddies?”2. What are pieces of legislation through which Congress encouraged people

to move to the Great Plains? 3. Describe the Homestead Act, The Pacific Railway Act, and the Morrill Act.

How did each function to bring more people to the “frontier?”4. Who were the people who moved to these newly acquired lands?5. What happened that brought about the Oklahoma Land Runs? How many

eventually took place?6. Who were the “Exodusters?”

You have 20 minutes.