Vocabulary
Process when ore is separated from a mineral.
What is smelting?
Men that President Jefferson sent to explore his new purchase, the Louisiana Purchase
Who were Louis and Clark?
Alaska
What is Juneau and AK?
Most useful metal mined in the Rockies.
What is copper?
Discovery was made, brought overwhelming numbers of people to an area.
What is a Boom Town?
An imaginary line that runs from north to south on the tip of the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Continental Divide?
Doubled the size of the United States
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
First state to give women the right to vote.
What is Wyoming?
silver, gold, copper, lead, zinc and uranium
What are metals mined in the Rockies?
WA
What is Washington and Olympia?
The right to vote.
What is suffrage?
Large piece of land purchased in 1803.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Amendment to U.S. Constitution which gave women the right to vote?
What is the 19th Amendment?
Montana
What is Helena and MT?
Deserted, empty town without people.
What is a ghost town?
Across the continent.
What is transcontinental?
Cherry Creek,Colorado.
What is Denver, Colorado?
21 yrs. of age vs. 18 yrs. of age
White men vs. people of all races
How has voting changed since the 1800s?
Settlers hunted buffalo for railroad workers, killed for hides alone.
Why did the buffalo herd thin out and shrink?
Boise
What is Idaho and ID?
A journey or trip made for a specific purpose.
What is an expedition?
Railroad from the west and railroad from the east met here, formed Transcontinental Railroad.
What is Promontory Point?
Salem
What is Oregon and OR?
Oldest National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho
What is Yellowstone?
Paid very little, dangerous work, built Mountain States railroads
Who were the Chinese?