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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Update fro 5-28-13 through 5-30-13

Tuesday 5-28-13: Concept map for WR #19, Study guide, summary
Wednesday 5-29-13: Review study guide, Jeopardy review
Thursday 5-30-13: Chapter 24 Test; Everything Due
  • Written Response #19
  • Summary
  • Study Guide
  • Notes
  • Warm Ups

Friday, May 24, 2013

Summary Terms for Chapter 24

  • Homestead Act
  • Transcontinental Railroad
  • Buffalo 
  • Homesteaders
  • Great Plains
  • Reservations

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Warm Up for 5-23-13

1. What was a common method for building homes on the Great Plains? (pg 347)

2. Describe life on a reservation. (pg 349)

3. What started all of the trouble in the Black Hills? (pg 350)

4. What had happened to most Indians by 1887? (pg 350)

Warm Up for 5-22-13

1. Where did the Central Pacific Railroad begin which minority group was responsible for the construction? (pg 342)

2. Where did the Union Pacific Railroad begin and which minority groups were responsible for the construction? (pg 341)

3. Why were buffalo being hunted to the point of extermination? (pg 345)

4. What journey does the "long drive" refer to? (pg 345)

Monday, May 20, 2013

Warm Up for 5-20-13

1. What were the major conflicts between settlers and Indians? (pg 337)

2. How did the friendship between the Nez Perce and whites finally come to an end? (pg 339)

3. What happened to the Nez Perce after they surrendered? (pg 339)

4. What did homesteaders have to do to get free land under the Homestead Act? (pg 340)