Important People
Who was the president during the Westward expansion
Thomas Jefferson
Define the term Sod busters
A nickname for farmers that plowed the Plains
The belief that America was made to expand west
Manifest Destiny
An agricultural tool created by John Deer used to plow soil for farming
Steal plow
What is the movements of cows across the nation: caused by railroads and meat.
The Cattle Drive.
self appointed volunteers who punished wrong doers and were formed to police Boomtowns
Vigilance committees
Longhorns
allowed mass transport of people and items across the nation.
Railroads
A horse drawn farming machine designed to cut and gather grain.
Mechanical Reaper
A region of the Great Plains where wheat was grown.
The wheat belt
Staked a claim in an area near Virginia city Nevada but sold it since there was no gold. it was later discovered the area was rich in silver ore.
Henry comstock
Massive ranches that covered thousands of acres
Haciendas
a point in time in which the want to get rich was influenced by the finding of gold
The gold rush
An steam powered agricultural industrial machine used to do heavy lifting harvesting and farming.
Steam tractor.
Massive farms that run huge profits.
Bonanza farms
Tribes of America's first settlers
Native Americans
Hispanic neighborhood that kept Hispanic culture and religious practices alive.
Barrios
A hope that lead people West in hopes of an exiting life.
Adventure
a mining tool used to divert a rivers current to find minerals
Sluice Boxes
The most used method in which farmers would plant seeds deep in the ground.
Dry farming
Lead the Dakota Sioux uprising
Chief Little Crow
cities that would spring up rapidly following a successful gold strike.
Boomtowns
promised to people that move West.
Farming/land
A tool of mining used by taking a rivers bed and shaking it out to find rare minerals.
Panning
The method of secluding cattle or other farm animals into a plot of land.
Ranching