AMERICAN HISTORY
CHAPTER 5 PACKET:
Changes on the
Western Frontier
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5.1
Cultures Clash on the Prairie
pp. 202-213
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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The Cultures of the Plains Indians
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The Horse and the Buffalo
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Family Life
Settlers Push Westward
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The Government Restricts Native Americans
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Massacre at Sand Creek
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Death on the Bozeman Trail
Bloody Battles Continue
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Red River War
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Gold Rush
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Custer’s Last Stand
The Government Supports Assimilation
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The Dawes Act
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The Destruction of the Buffalo
The Battle of Wounded Knee
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The Lure of Silver and Gold
Wounded Knee
Cattle Become Big Business
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Vaqueros and Cowboys
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Growing Demand for Beef
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The Cow Town
A Day in the Life of a Cowboy
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A Day’s Work
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Roundup
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The Long Drive
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Legends of the West
The End of the Open Range
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5.1
Cultures Clash on the Prairie
pp. 202-213
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Great Plains
2. Treaty of Fort Laramie
3. Sitting Bull
4. George A. Custer
5. assimilation
6. Dawes Act
7. Battle of Wounded Knee
8. longhorn
9. Chisholm Trail
10. long drive
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5.1
Cultures Clash on the Prairie
pp. 202-213
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. How did the horse influence Native American life on the Great Plains?
B. What was the government’s policy toward Native American land?
C. What were the results of Custer’s last stand?
D. What events led to the Battle of Wounded Knee?
E. What does the American cowboy tradition owe to the Mexican vaquero?
F. What developments led to the rapid growth of the cattle industry?
G. How did the cowboy’s life differ from the myth about it?
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5.2
Settling on the Great Plains
pp. 214-218
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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Settlers Move Westward to Farm
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Railroads Open the West
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Government Support for Settlement
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The Closing of the Frontier
Settlers Meet the Challenges of the Plains
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Dugouts and Soddies
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Women’s Work
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Technical Support for Farmers
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Agricultural Education
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Farmers in Debt
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5.2
Settling on the Great Plains
pp. 214-218
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Homestead Act
2. exoduster
3. soddy
4. Morrill Act
5. bonanza farm
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5.2
Settling on the Great Plains
pp. 214-218
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. How did the railroads help open the West?
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In what ways did government policies encourage settlement of the West?
C. What was Turner’s view of the role of the American frontier in 1893?
D. How did new inventions change farming in the West?
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5.3
Farmers and the Populist Movement
pp. 219-225
OUTLINING YOUR NOTES: Take notes as you read the text. Use outline formatting.
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Farmers Unite to Address Common Problems
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Economic Distress
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Problems with the Railroads
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The Farmers’ Alliances
The Rise and Fall of Populism
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The Populist Party Platform
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The Panic of 1893
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Silver or Gold
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Bryan and the “Cross of Gold”
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The End of Populism
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5.3
Farmers and the Populist Movement
pp. 219-225
TERMS AND NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
1. Oliver Hudson Kelley
2. Grange
3. Farmers’ Alliances
4. Populism
5. bimetallism
6. gold standard
7. William McKinley
8. William Jennings Bryan
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5.3
Farmers and the Populist Movement
pp. 219-225
MAIN IDEAS: Answer each question as you read the text.
A. Why did farmers think that an increased money supply would help solve their economic problems?
B. What were some of the causes of farmers’ economic problems?
C. What was the Populist Party platform?
D. What caused the panic of 1893?
E. Why was the metal that backed paper currency such an important issue in the 1896 presidential campaign?
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