GoGetters MEGAN THOMSEN ETHAN SNOOK ALEX URDAHL PERIOD
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Go-Getters MEGAN THOMSEN ETHAN SNOOK ALEX URDAHL PERIOD 5.
Prompt During and after the Civil War, people settled the Great Plains. “Go-Getters” invented the New American ways of life. Explain who they were and how they transformed the frontier.
What is a Go-Getter? Go-Getters: Western cattleman and cowboys John Wesley Iliff: Cattle rancher, one of the first Go-Getters Charles Goodnight: American cattle rancher (best known in Texas) Joseph Mc. Coy: Transported Longhorn Cattle from Texas to eastern US
Go-Getters John Wesley Iliff Charles Goodnight Joseph Mc. Coy
The Answer They captured/bought cattle from people seeking to lighten their load Everyone wanted to invest in cattle People started purchasing land on the plains A lack of water plagued farmers
Sources Boorstin, Daniel J. , Brooks Kelley Mather. , and Ruth Boorstin Frankel. A History of the United States. Needham, MA: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005. Print. Name, By. "John W. Iliff. " Colorado Business Hall of Fame. N. p. , n. d. Web. 25 Sept. 2016 Logicmaze, Inc. Designed By: . "Joseph Mc. Coy, Abilene, Wichita. " The 8 Wonders of Kansas People. N. p. , n. d. Web. 25 Sept. 2016 "Charles Goodnight. " PBS, 2001. Web. 25 Sept. 2016. <http: //www. pbs. org/weta/thewest/people/d_h/goodnight. htm>.
