A Growing Nation
This event roughly doubled the size of the United States. Cost Thomas Jefferson $15 Million.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The mail delivery system in which messengers transported mail on horseback.
What was the Pony Express?
This put the Pony Express out of business.
What are telegraph lines?
These buildings were built very tall in cities as the population and businesses grew
What are skyscrapers?
Discovered the gold and silver in Nevada
Who is Henry Comstock?
These two former army captains were chosen by President Jefferson to lead an expedition to explore the West.
Who were Lewis and Clark?
These grew quickly when a mine opened and often disappeared quickly when the mine closed.
What are boomtowns?
Was used to mark the completion of the railroad
What was the Golden Spike?
Millions of people came to the United States from other countries looking for jobs and a better life
Who are immigrants?
A town that grows very quickly because of a sudden increase in business or population
What is a Boomtown?
This Shoshone woman served as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark.
Who was Sacagawea?
This "kingdom" helped grow the beef industry.
What is the Cattle Kingdom?
These two groups of immigrants played an important role in building the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who were Irish and Chinese immigrants?
These organizations were formed by workers to fight for better wages, safer conditions, and shorter working hours
What are unions?
A mining method that uses powerful streams of water to remove earth and uncover gold
What is Hydraulic Mining?
This famous trail is about 2,000 miles long and begins in Iowa and ends in California.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This trail was a popular route for Cattle Drives.
What is The Chisholm Trail?
These acts passed by congress gave railroad companies loans and land grants.
What were the Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 and 1864?
This business involved trapping and selling animal skins, especially beaver fur
What is Fur Trade?
Helped establish the Chisholm Trail, an important route for cattle drives
Who was Jesse Chisholm?
This religious group left New York in 1844 and went to Utah for freedom. They follow the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Who are Mormons?
This system was developed by railroad companies that divided the United States into four time zones.
What is Standard Time?
A businessman who helped create a cattle shipping center in Abilene, Kansas, in 1867
Who was Joseph McCoy?
This trail connected Missouri to Santa Fe and was used by traders to transport goods
What was the Santa Fe Trail?
Conflicts over access to land between farmers and ranchers
What was the Range Wars?