Unit Award Scheme

shown knowledge of

1. two ways farming changed in the period c1876-c1895 eg dry farming, barbed wire

2. two ways the cattle industry and ranching changed in the period c1876-c1895, including the fall of beef prices (1882), harsh winter (1886-87) and the end of the open range (1887)

3. at least two reasons why people continued to settle in the West, including the Exoduster movement (1879) and the Oklahoma Land Rush (1893)

4. at least two changes in the West which affected law and order including the continued growth of crime and the US Government responses to this

5. at least two wars including the Johnson County War

6. conflict with the Plains Indians including; the Battle of Little Big Horn (1876) and the Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)

demonstrated the ability to

7. write briefly about the destruction of the Plains Indians' way of life including; the extermination of the buffalo and the impact of reservations.