Section 1
The Mining Booms
The Mining Booms
Location of one the world's richest silver deposits discovered in 1859?
What is Nevada?
Cattle brought by the Spanish that developed into a new breed
What is Longhorns?
The Homestead Act (1862) and completion of Railroads encouraged settlement in this region
What is Great Plains?
Farmers become politically active in 1890 and form a political party
What is Populist Party?
This event ended the ward between the U.S. government and Native Americans
What is Wounded Knee?
towns that developed almost overnight around mining sites
What are boomtowns?
long trip to move cattle to railroad towns
What are long/cattle drives?
These people moved to the Great Plains to escape segregation in the South and get land
Who are Exodusters?
The Populist Party called for this economic change
What is free silver/government regulation of railroads?
This Act broke up Native American reservations to turn them into farmers
What is Dawes Act of 1887?
After all the metal was gone in the western mining sites, the boomtowns turned into
What is "ghost towns"?
This state became the cattle-rising center of the United States
What is Texas?
This geographic factor presented a major challenge for settlers on the Great Plains .
What is limited rainfall, droughts, few forests?
The network of farmers' self-help organizations came to be called
What is National Grange?
The Plains Indians lost their main source of food, shelter and clothing
What is buffalo?
People living in Boomtowns were mostly men. True or False?
True
Spanish cowboys who passed on ranching skills: riding, roping, branding
Who are Vaqueros?
This Act provided free land to the settlers in the West
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
The railroad companies caused the farmers have problems in this way
What are high shipping fees?
As the result of the U.S. government's policies, Native Americans were pushed to these lands
What are reservations?
This subsidized project would become important for the survival of the mining communities
What is transcontinental Railroad?
Harsh weather 1886-1887, overgrazing, low demand for beef
What are the reasons for the end of cattle kingdom o n the open range?
This farming method required the Great Plains farmers to till the soil after every rain fall
What is dry farming?
Legacy of Populist Party that the government adopted in 1900s
What is 8-hours work day and income tax?
Largest reservations were located in the region between the Rocky mountains and Mississippi river
What is Great Plains?