Factors that pushed west
What was the 1st industry to attract settlers to the West?
Mining
What is the name of the land that was 'given' to the natives
reservations
Who was a poor immigrant and became one of the richest men in the world
Andy Carnegie
What was demanded mostly in the West that made the cattle industry boom?
beef
why is it called a monopoly
they own everything of a good
What was the Homestead Act?
160 acres of free land in the west
In the 1830's what did Jackson used to relocate the Indians west of the Mississippi River?
the Indian Removal Act
Who wrote the book the gospel of wealth?
Andy carnegie
What was a main cattle selling city?
Dodge City
what was the name of the economic style during the gilded age
lassiez fare economics
What percent of homesteaders failed to make it the required five years?
60%
What violated Indian territories?
the flood of miners, ranchers and farmers
Who owned the oil industry?
Rockefeller
By what time did the glory-days of the cowboys end?
the 1900's
What industrial goods were the most influential during the gilded age?
ROSE
What kind of houses did the homesteaders make?
sod houses
what was the last battle of the indian wars
battle of wounded knee
who owned the railroad industry?
Vanderbilt
How much did a cow cost in texas vs Oklahoma
4 dollars vs 40
what was the ideology business owners used to justify their wealth?
social darwinism
What were the two main problems for the homesteaders in the West?
tornadoes and droughts
what number of all Native Americans lived on the Great Plains?
2/3
JP Morgan
Why was the open range closing to other farmers?
new barbed wire fences
What was the name of the expensive travel cars for trains?
Pullman palace car