Gold, Silver, and Boomtowns
A person who seeks valuable materials
What is a prospector?
Prospectors find the largest silver deposit in 1859 along this river
What is the Carson River?
These are financial aid and land grants
The railroad that connected the Eastern and Western U.S.
What is the transcontinental railroad?
An increase in railroads also led to a higher demand for this material
What is steel?
This is the form of gold that was found at Pikes Peak
What is gold ore?
This is the name of the silver deposit in Nevada
What is the Comstock Lode?
As gold and silver disappeared, people mined more copper, lead and this
What is zinc?
In the 1850s, railroad companies were looking for a route to this ocean
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Congress approved the new time zones in this year
What is 1918?
It was easiest for these to get rich at Pikes Peak
What are companies?
Towns that grew rapidly near mining sites
What are boomtowns?
By 1890, this number of new states had been established
What is 7?
The two railroad companies built over this many miles of difficult terrain
What is 1700?
Trains brought metals and this eastward
What is produce?
Pikes Peak is in this U.S. state
What is Colorado?
White men married Mexican women in this region of the U.S.
What is the Southwest?
These people needed for their shipped to the Midwest and East
Who are miners?
Union Pacific built west from this Nebraskan city
What is Omaha?
Before time zones were introduced, each town's time was determined by the Sun's position at this time
What is noon (12:00 pm)?
This is the sentiment that people felt even after the California Gold Rush
What is gold fever?
This is the Comstock boomtown
What is Virginia City?
The government granted this many acres to the railroad companies
What is 130 million?
Most Central Pacific workers were immigrants from this country
What is China?
This organization divided the U.S. into time zones
What is the American Railway Association?