America the story of us Episode 6.doc.docx
The History Channel: America the Story of US Episode 6: HeartlandVideo Notes Worksheet1. In 1865 how many buffalo roam the Plains in North America? ________________________2. How long does it take to travel across the US? By Wagon? ___________________________ By Boat? ______________________________3. Who is the mad man willing to cross The Sierra Nevada Mountains? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How much would the railroad cost today? _______________________________________5. How does the government pay for it? ____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. How long does the railroad company have to complete building the railroad? ______________________________________________________________________________7. Why does the railroad use Chinese workers in the west? Give two reasons ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8.What is used to break through granite? _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. What are some of the drawbacks of breaking granite this way? _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. How long is the trip across the US using the railroad? _______________________________11. How does this change America? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 12. How much of the US was given away by the Homestead Act? _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 13. What is the greatest difficulty that pioneers on the plains had to face every year? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 14. What was the greatest difficulty in 1874? _________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 15. Why do so many Scandinavians move to the northern Midwest? _______________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 16. Describe the importance of the Buffalo to the plains Indians. List three facts.______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 17. How many Buffalo roam the plains in 1889? ______________________________________18. How much was cattle worth in the West? _________________________________________19. How much was cattle worth in the East? _________________________________________20. How much can a cowboy make in a day? _________________________________________21. What skills must a cowboy have? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 22. What is a cowboy’s gun of choice? ______________________________________________ 23. How much did it cost in 1873? _________________________________________________ 24. Who invented barbed wire? ____________________________________________________25. Why was barbed wire so important? (2 reasons) ____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________26. How does the Railroad Change Time itself? _______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 27. How does Sears take advantage of the railroad to sell products? _______________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ................
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