frontier expansion
thousands of ------ immigrants came to lay railroad tracks for the transcontinental railroad
what are chinese immigrants?
the last great expanse of land to be settled in the U.S was the ------
opened the great plains for settlement by granting 160 acres of land to anyone willing to pay a ten dollar recording fee and to live and farm on the land
what is the homestead act?
westerners and criminals from the east saw the slow origanization of local gov and the delayed hiring of sheriffs:
outlaws
cities in america that grew the most during (1860 - 1910)
what is philadelphia, new york city, and chicago
what are the spanish vaqueros?
several thousand freedmen that moved west in a movement called
what is the exodus of 1879?
old immigrants came from a part of europe
what is northwestern europe?
by the 1800s, certain races had become cowboys
came up with the idea of spinning steel strands into barbed wire.
who is joseph farwell glidden?
new immigrants came from these parts of europe
what is southern and eastern europe?
some permantly settled native tribes got replaced by ----
what are nomadic bands?
by the 1890s...
what are farmers and ranchers were using efficient steel windmills for their crops and cattle?
jews came to america fleeing -----
what is a pogrom?
the growing cities of the east and the spread of railroad lines in west made it profitable to ----
what is practical to raise beef cattle on the plains?
in 1858
what is gold was discovered in the colorado territory near pikes peak?