What economic opportunity drew large numbers of people to the west beginning in the 1860s?
What is Mining, ranching, and farming
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How did federal policy toward Native Americans change as white settlers moved to the West?
What is Native Americans were forced onto reservations as their land was given to white settlers
100
How were women's contributions to the West recognized by Western lawmakers?
What is they gained property, voting rights, and control over their own money
100
How did the federal government encourage and support settlement in the Plains?
What is by passing the Homestead Act.
200
How did the transcontinental railroad spur Western settlement?
What is it carried resources West to East and brought settlers from the East to the West
200
How did the destruction of the buffalo affect the Plains people?
What is it took away their primary source of food, clothing, and shelter.
200
Which factors led to growth of such Western cities such as Denver, Omaha, and San Francisco?
What is gold and silver strikes, railroad links, growth of meat processing centers and regional markets.
200
Which groups of people moved onto the Plains in the late 1800s?
What is African Americas
300
What did cowhands learn from vaqueros?
What is how rope, ride, and manage their herds
300
Why was Wounded Knee a turning point in relations between Native Americans and the government?
What is it ended armed resistance by Native Americans in the West.
300
How did the arrival of Anglo-Americans change life for Spanish- Speaking residents in the Southwest?
What is Mexicanos lost economic and political power
300
Which problems in 1890s led farmers to take political actions?
What is Falling prices for crops, high freight rates and fees for grain elevators
400
What were the main causes of disorder in cow towns?
What is no law officers to handle the fights that broke out as cow hands drank and gambled. Also the con men.
400
What were the effects of the Dawes Act?
What is Native Americans lost their land, culture, and were treated with contempt
400
How were western myths spread?
What is through novels, movies, and plays
400
What events symbolized the closing of the frontier?
What is the Oklahoma land rush in 1889
500
Could Cattle ranchers have stopped the decline of the cattle industry that occurred in the late 1880s?
What is No because they had little control over falling prices, fencing in the open range, and bad weather
500
How did the Sand Creek massacre affect government policy toward Native Americans?
What is it forced government to try to end fighting with the Native Americans and give these tribes large reservations.
500
How was the real west different from the myths?
What is they overlooked the contributions of African Americans and Native Americans. Also, they did not show why the Native Americans attacked the white settlers.
500
Why did the Grange favor government regulation of the railroads?
What is to reduce the power of the railroad monopoly and to guarantee fair rates for farmers