BoomTowns
Once all the gold and silver were gone from the boomtowns, these were created
What is Ghost Towns
This meaning is going across a continent
what is transcontinental
A cowboy, particularly a Mexican Cowboy
Vaquero
Moving from place to place in a fixed pattern
Nomadic
A group that was formed that stated out as a social group but eventually provided books on planting cops and raiding livestock. "A Network of local farmers' group"
The National Grange
Why were mining companies more sccessful than individual miners?
Companies had machines and many people to do work
This is money or goods given by a person or government to support a project that benefits the public
what is subsidy
To earn ownership of land by living on it for 5 years
homestead
An area of land set aside for use by a group
reservation
an appeal to the common people
populism
the meaning of this word is gifts of money and land
subsidies
Railroads affected America's economy in the 1800s in what way?
it brought workers and factory goods west and carried raw materials east to factories
Why was the life of a cowhand hard?
They had to go on long drives that were two to three months long
They faced dangers like violent storms, and rustlers that tried to steal cattle
They had to control the heard if a stampede stared
An act that tried to break up reservations and ending Native Americans Identification with a tribal group was called the
Dawes Act
"cash-only" stores owned by and operated for the benefit of famers.
cooperatives
There were ordinary people who stepped in to pursue and punish criminals if a town had no police
what is a vigilante
This is areas where all towns have the same time. They were created to help with train schedules to avoid collisions.
What is time zones
A name given to Great Plains Farmers
Sodbuster
Something that celebrated a hoped for day when the settlers would disappear, the buffalo would return and Native Americans could go back to traditional ways of life
the Ghost Dance
the system of "free-silver" meant that .....
the banks produced an unlimited amount of silver coins to put into circulation
In 1858, Gold was discovered at this place in the Colorado Rockies
What is Pikes Peak
The place were two sets of tracks joined to create the transcontinental railroad.
Promontory Summit in Utah Territory
Railroads increased the value of Texas cattle in what way?
They were able to bring the beef to the North and East where they were worth more
Why did American railroad workers hunt buffalo
to stop buffalo herds from blocking the tracks and to feed the railroad works or sell hides in the east
Name four changes the federal government eventually made based on Populist ideas
1. 8 hour work days
2. income tax
3. secret ballots
4. direct election of Senators