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When was the California Gold Rush over?
Mid-1850s.
What tough breed of cattle did the Spanish bring with them to Mexico and Texas?
Longhorns
Why did conflict start between the Native Americans and whites?
Fights started because the whites were killing and wasting the buffalo's
Who won the election of 1896
William McKinley
What does transcontinental mean?
Going across a continent
What did the government give railroad companies?
Subsides.
What was a vaquero?
Cowboys who helped on ranches in the Spanish Southwest
How were the lifestyles of different Plains people different?
Native Americans lived off of the buffalo and the land, settlers lived off of the land.
The ______ fought for shorter work hours and a national income tax in which richer people paid higher rates
The Populist Party
Which type of farming method depends on plowing after every rain and trapping moisture in the soil. Sodbusters were people who used this technique?
What is dry farming
Finish the sentence: Each zone was exactly one hour later than the zone to its_____.
West
What time of year did a Long Drive begin?
Long drives started in spring
The Sioux, led by ______, refused to sell their land in the Black Hills of the Dakotas
Sitting Bull
To solve the financial problems that farmers had, they organized the ______.
Farmer's Alliance
moving from place to place
nomadic
Where and why were boomtowns created?
They were created near mining sites because of gold strikes.
To which rail point did many Texas ranchers drive their cattle herds for shipment?
The Missouri Pacific Railroad
How effective was the Dawes act?
Not very many Native Americans had no practice in farming
What hardships did farmer's face?
Lower prices of crops, increased prices of transportation and equipment
What did the Vaqueros introduce?
The introduced many of the riding, roping, and branding skills cowhands used
Which of the following states became states in 1890? Pennsylvania, Nevada, Wyoming, California, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Which act gave up 160 acres of land to any head of a family who paid 10$ filing fee and lived in the land for 5 years?
The Homestead act
How were the lifestyles of different Plains people similar?
They had many hardships and had to live off the land.
The government also limited African-American voting rights with ______
Jim Crow Laws
Enterprise owned by and operated for the benefit of a certain group
cooperatives