Manifest Destiny
What caused the loss of land for small farmers?
Mechnaization
What did railroads facilitate?
Migration to the west.
When was the Homestead Act?
1862
When did the California gold rush begin?
1848
What railroad was caused by Pacific Railroad Acts?
transcontinental railroad
What month was the Homestead Act?
May
What occurred when gold began to be increasingly discovered?
Boomtown
Who named Manifest Destiny?
John O Sullivan.
What were the Granger Laws?
Required railroad rates to be reasonable.
How many acres of land did the Homestead Act give?
160
Where did the person in our video find gold?
Sierra Nevada Mountains
What specifically caused farmers to lose their land?
Farmers couldn't afford machines (mechanization), and when the prices for crops declined, and they lost profit and land.
When was the transcontinental railroad finished?
1896
Who was the Homestead Act for?
Potential migrants
When did the California gold rush end?
1855