Settling the Frontier (unit 2, lesson 2)

Nevada

1864

mining codes

the regulations passed by citizen committees became the foundation for _______ in the western states.

closer to the rail yards and cow towns.

why did cattlemen build ranches in the Great Plains?

Nebraska

1867

Colorado

1876

Idaho

1890

Wyoming

1890

Oklahoma

1907

New Mexico and Arizona

1912

corporations

In time, most mining claims belonged to mining _______

justice

Miners had a strong sense of

fifty-niners

Miners who came to Colorado for the gold strike in 1858 were called

boom towns

Mining communities, called _______, sprang up almost overnight.

1889

South Dakota, Montana,Washington, Texas, North Dakota

Great American Desert

The Great Plains region was once called the

gold, silver, and minerals

The discovery of _________ brought thousands of miners to the West.

end of range wars

Two terrible winters were marked by blizzards and hard freezes.

longhorn cattle

What was a good source of meat for growing Eastern cities

Scarcity of water

What was the major difficulty of raising cattle in the Great Plains?

Texas

Where did longhorn cattle originate?

lost too many cattle during dry seasons.

Why did many cattle ranchers go out of business?

hard rock

_______ mining involved digging deep into ore-bearing rock

Homestead Act of 1862

allowed settlers to buy land provided they followed certain provisions.

range wars

cattlemen of the open range coming into conflict with homesteaders who sought to protect their property from cattle.

wheat

crop became popular in the northern part of the Great Plains, especially along the rivers?

order

formed committees to maintain

through homestead act

land source 1

purchased from the railroads

land source 2