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