Buffalo Soldiers
Who are they
African American soldiers
Name of his mother
Cynthia Ann
When
1929-1939
Black Blizzards
Did railroads decrease or expand after the Civil War
expand
What was their purpose
to protect settlers from native americans on cattle drives
tribe he lived with
Comanche
What officially ended it
WW2
When did this event occur
1930-1939
Goodnight Loving Trail
Very popular cattle trail used during the era of cattle drives
Where did the name come from
Native Americans gave them their name due to the color of their skin
fought against who
Buffalo Soldiers
President elected and promised a New Deal
FDR
Where did this event occur
great plains region of the U.S. affecting OK, TX, NM, CO, and KS
difference between rural and urban
Rural is small towns and farmers
Urban is cities and industrial workers
What color were their uniforms
blue
worked to help Native Americans
assimilate to American culture
Name of shanty towns that mocked the president
Hoovervilles
3 new techniques to help rebuild agricutlure
plant trees
rotate crops
irrigation
What is irrigation
a system in which water can be brought to crops in times of drought or little rain
Why did southern settlers not like them initially
because their uniforms were very similar to the uniforms of the northern civil war soldiers
Name of his sister and brother
peanuts and prairie flower
Causes (3)
weak banking system
over production
economic instability after WW1
Consequences (3)
economic crisis world wide
political instability
Set the stage for WW2
new ideologies
Ended cattle drives by sectioning off land
barbed wire