This group left Illinois after the murder of their leader, Joseph Smith, in 1844
Who are the Mormons (LDS)?
Entertainers, Boardinghouse owners, and prostitutes
What are Women's jobs in mining towns?
The best section of the US.
What is the West? Obviously.
Main economy
What is mining, lumber, and grain?
What is the "Little House" series?
Typical Pioneers
Factor that changes climate in different regions of the West.
What is elevation or how far north/south?
Great Lakes and Pacific Ocean
What are popular fishing areas?
Difference between land fews of South and West
Gateway to the Old Northwest
Where is Cincinnati?
Self appointed groups that fought "crimes" but were usually corrupt
Who are vigilantes?
Corn and Wheat
What are cash crops?
Secondary Economy
What are furs and fishing?
William Frederick Cody
10% of all Americans lived in the Appalachians
When is 1800?
Fiddles, harmonias, and gutiars
What are instruments that pioneers used?
Inventor of the steel plow
Who is creator of cotton gin?
The line of longitude that divided the Missouri Compromise
36°30′
A geographic region adjacent to the unsettled portions of the continent in which a low man:land ratio and unusually abundant and unexploited natural resources provide an opportunity for social and economic improvement to the non- or small-provided individual
What is the definition of frontier?
The names of common farming homes
What is soddie?
"Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of god."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is pine?
Famous painting by Charles Nahl
What is Sunday Morning in the Mines?