Gold Rush/Mining
When was the Gold Rush
1850
What are time zones
zones were all clocks are synced up
how were the natives treated in the West
poorly
what are long drives
driving huge amounts of cattle to the North
What is dry farming
plowing the land during rainfall to trap the rain
What are boomtowns
towns that sprang up overnight
This is how people make up the borders between states
How did railroads help make borders
what is a reservation
a small piece of land that set aside for natives
why were cattle in such high demand
cause the demand was high in the North
what are soddies and sodbusters
soddies are houses made of sod and sodbusters are farmers who farm the Great plains
What were the minerals that were mine
gold, zinc, lead, copper, and silver
Name 3 reasons why the railroad is important
connected coast to coast, transport people, and transport goods
What caused the Native Americans to change
the Dawns act, killing the buffalo, being restricted to reservations
Who was involved in cattle drives
veterans, x-slaves, and Mexicans
What are the Populist party and their goals
What are the two types of mining
pan and cave mining
What did the railroad do to open up the West
help move people out west, offer jobs, paid for the land
Why were the buffalo so important
they provided meat, clothes, and tools
What is the Homestead act
men or unmarried women can purchase land for 10 dollars and get 160 acres of land and have to be on that land for 5 years
how did the banks and railroad controls the farms
banks charge high interest rate on seeds and tools, while the railroad charge high prices to ship the crops
what were the modes of travel that people would use to go out west
Who build the railroads
Chinese workers
What is the Indian Peace Commission
The organization responsible for the Native American relations
who else promoted the Great Plains
steams boats, western states, and land spectaculars
what is the Oklahoma Land Rush
When people rushed in Oklahoma to get the land