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What is the meaning of Branded?
Marking cattle with a specific design.
What are Vigilantes?
Self-appointed law enforcers.
What are Buffalo?
The animals the plains Indians lived off of.
What is a Transcontinental Railroad ?
Trains that travel Coast to Coast/East Coast to West Coast trains.
Defenition of Capital.
Money
Defenition of Militia?
Regular citizens who fight in emergencies.
What are Reservations?
Specific areas for only Indian use.
What are Railroad Towns?
Towns built around a train shop.
What is a Rodeo?
A compeition where cowboys showed skills.
What were Boomtowns?
Towns that developed quickly because of gold.
What is Sand Creek?
A camp where Colderado militia massacred natives.
What is the open range system?
A no-fence cattling farm.
What were the homes of the plains natives?
Tee pees
What were the plains natives dependent on?
Buffalo
What was discovered in the west that led to settling that area?
How did small or independent minors work?
Panning in a stream
How did large minng companies threaten small minng camps?
Strip mining or explosive mining
What was the purpose of branding cattle?
To indentfy cattle
What were some skills on display at a rodeo?
Horseback riding, roping, and bronco riding
List TWO things that devestated the Native American culture on the plains.
Destruction of buffalo herds & Disease
Once the cows were rounded up, what was the march to the train station called?
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Cattle drive
Who were the first cowboys?
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Mexicans
What are the two best reasons the OPEN - RANGE SYSTEM was stopped?
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Barbed wire & Harsh weather
List 1 factor that caused the western part of the US to become a more populated area. EXPLAIN
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List 1 factor that caused the western part of the US to become a more populated area. EXPLAIN.
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