2. Describe the results of the slaughter of the buffalo on the lives of the Plains Indians. How did they react and with what effect?
For the Plains Indians tribes, it affected their whole scheme of life, and understanding of their Universe. And they saw that their life was being taken away from them. Plains Indians began to realize that they were going to have to do something and to fight for their lands, in a way to fight for the buffalo. They're defending their lands. I mean anyone would defend their lands, their homelands.
5. Why were cattlemen so violently opposed to the arrival of farmers and sheep herders on the open range? Explain.
The cattlemen were so violently opposed to the arrival of the sheep herders on the open range because the sheep would grazed the grass and the roots and contributed to overgrazed, depleted ranges and they would also be taking up the land and water of the cattlemen.


6. Describe the role railroads played in attracting settlers to the West and establishing patterns of settlement.
        
The railroads help transport the settlers from the east faster, safer, and also help with all the equipment they had would have to carry in there cars/wagons. Once other settlers saw how easy it was to settle in the west they would travel in bunches and would start establishing towns and settlements.

7. Why was the Homestead Act of 1862 passed and what were its provisions? Did the majority of settlers who moved west to the Great Plains acquire land under the provisions of the Homestead Act? Why or why not?

The Homestead Act was passed to help get people to come to the west to get what was cheap land that came at 25 cents per acre. Its provisions were to help shape up the united states in the west and have people settle and farm there. Yes, the majority of the settles were there to acquire land from the homestead act because they wanted to start fresh brand new life and have bigger land and opportunity than they would have had in east.

8. What led to the ride of agribusiness in California and with what results?
Reforms saw in the Dawes Severalty Act the ultimate solution to the "Indian problem." Could it be said htat the measure fulfilled expectations? Explain.

 10. How did the dime novel westerns and Wild West shows of the second half of the 19th century portray life in the West and with what results?
   It showed that the westerners were starting to pick up and starting to become more civilized which influenced more people from the east to start to come and start a new life in the east which help have more people support the north.