Farming
What was the biggest area of farmland in the west called?
The Great Plains
What did the Trans-Continental Railroad connect?
The East to the West
What is a person searching for gold called?
A Prospector
Why did most people head west?
They were searching for gold
Why were women helpful on the Frontier?
They helped prepare their family for the West, and worked around the house on the Frontier.
Who were ranchers?
Owners of livestock (hired cowboys)
Why did immigrants work on the Trans-Continental Railroad?
They were willing to work for very low pay in bad conditions
What is a Ghost town?
When Miners create a town when they find gold then leave it when there is none left
What were the two biggest immigrant groups to the US?
Chinese and Irish
Who were exodusters?
African Americans who moved west to escape persecution
What were the backbone of early farms in the West?
Family - run farms
Who mainly built the Trans-Continental Railroad?
Chinese immigrants
What was the biggest gold and silver discovery in the US?
The Comstock Lode
What was the Chinese Exlcusion Act?
Banned the Chinese from going to the US for ten years
What did the Morris Land Grant allow?
For every state to build a college
Why were Native Americans angry with barbed wire?
Ended cattle drives, and they believed that everyone should share the land, not keep it for themselves
What was the Panic of 1873?
When the Northern Pacific Railroad went bankrupt and the stock market crashed
What were the two biggest innovations in mining?
Hydraulicking and Placer Mining
What was the first group to head west because of religious persecution?
The Mormons
What were the three conditions of the Homestead Act?
File an application, improve the land, and file for deed of title
What is Subsistence Farming?
Farming to stay alive
How long was the transcontinental railroad (miles)?
About 2000
What were the five states that gold was found in?
California, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana
Roughly how many Immigrants came to the US?
300,000
What is the full definition of Frontier?
Extreme Limit of settled land, uncharted territory, sparsely poulated, and the dividing line between civilization and nature