Expansion
Americans rushed to this state after discovering it contained gold
California
These were built to allow for easier travel across the country
Railroads
This was used to fence in property and protect people and livestock
Barbed wire
This animal went extinct following the building of the Transcontinental Railroad
Bison/buffalo
The belief that Americans were granted the divine right to move West
Manifest Destiny
This ethnic group contributed heavily to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese
A raw material that can be bought and sold on the market, like crops or minerals
Commodity
The 160-acre plot of land granted to U.S citizens
Homestead
The edge of settled territory, often associated with the westward expansion of the U.S.
Frontier
This group’s reason for migrating west was to exercise religious freedom
Mormons
What year was the Homestead Act passed?
1862
A system aside from sharecropping that replaced slavery following the Civil War
Crop-lien system
Name four resources sought after during the Manifest Destiny era
Gold, timber, silver, land, water/waterways, agricultural resources like fertile soil
A community that experiences rapid growth in population and industry
Boomtown
The term used to describe young men who herded cattle and drove them to the market
Cowboy
The largest deposit of high-grade silver ore ever documented in North America, located in Virginia City, Nevada
Comstock Lode