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Who was most likely to become rich? Who would become poor?
Shopkeepers/merchants would become rich. Miners would become poor.
Why did ranchers drove cattle from Texas to Abilene, Kansas?
They had to put cattle on a train to sell them
Free point
Lucky duck
Who said "go west young man"
Hornace greely
Why did vigilante justice/frontier justice developed in minning camps?
There was no sheriff or any laws
Who could receive free land under the Homestead act?
Anyone who settled on it and farmed for 5 years
Why did they build sod houses
There were no trees on the plains
What is census?
The census bureau said the frontier was no more
Who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific
Why did people settle in the great plains?
They settle their because rain increased and more advanced tools
Name 3 inventions that helped farmers on the plains
Steel plow, barbed wire, and dry farming
Name 2 famous outlaws
Billy the kid and Jesse James
What challenges did the companies face?
Union: Native Americans
Central: Supplies
Why did the cowboy era end?
The population of farmers on the great plains
What was the worst disaster faced by farmers
Insects, especially grasshoppers
What is "Sewards Folly" and why was it made
The name people gave to sewards purchase of Alaska
Why did the 2 companies agree to build with each other?
They were going to make a lot of money from it
What did cowboys worry the most on cattle drives?
A Cattle Stampede
What does hardship mean
A difficulty