Settling the West
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- Before 1870, with the new republican, many farmers moved to the west for land. We are about to hop on the transcontinental road that transports their crops and other things to out of the west and into the west.
- today we will travel to the west by the transcontinental railroad
- This is a sod house that was built on the land for the farmers to live and has barbed wire to enclose that this land is already taken
- Ugh it's dry here how did people live here
- Mr.f, does this land belong to anyone?
- No, actually this would be considered as open range
- well there was certain things made to help out, such as windmills, groundwater wells, and a steel plows. However, this wasn't the solutions to all their issues, as they faced many conditions they had to overcome
- Yes actually, this was the time where the Indiana war took place, it lasted for 25 years
- Was there any types of battles taking place?
- This was one of the effects of settlement, also being increased cattle and crops and an into of cow boys
- Barbed wire!
- Pop question: what was used to keep animals in an area to keep them safe
- Saving this for last, the homestead act promised settlers to the west 160 acres of land for free. However they would need to farm for 5 years to ensure that land
- Ohhh, so that's why so many people decided to move out here
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