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Terms in this set (141)
Name given to lands between the Mississippi
The Great American and the Pacific Coast before 1860. There was very
Desert little rainfall in this area and the conditions were
poor for
settlement. (p. 339)
The plains west of this meridian had few trees and
usually received less than 15 inches of rain per
100th meridian
year. This meridian crosses near the middle of
Nebraska. (p. 339)
, These animals were essential to the nomadic
Native American tribes. In early 19th century there
buffalo herds
were 15 million of these animals on the Great
Plains, but by
1900 they were nearly wiped out. (p. 339)
The region west of the Mississippi River and east of
Great Plains
the Rocky Mountains. (p. 339)
From 1848 to the 1890s, gold and silver strikes
occurred in what became the states of California,
mineral resources
Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Arizona, and South
Dakota. (p. 340)
In 1848, the discovery of gold in California
caused the first flood of newcomers to the
territory. Gold and silver were later discovered
mining frontier,
in many other
boomtowns
areas of the west. These discoveries caused towns
to grow up very quickly, then often lose population
and collapse after the mining was no longer
profitable. (p. 340)
In the 1860s, about one-third of the western miners
were Chinese immigrants. Native-born Americans
Chinese Exclusion Act of resented the competition of these immigrants. In
1882 1862, this act was passed to prohibit further
immigration by Chinese laborers to the United
States. (p. 341)
, A few towns that served the mines, such as San
commercial cities Francisco, Sacramento, and Denver, grew into
prosperous cities. (p. 341)
The name for the cattle which were brought to
Texas from Mexico. The name for the Mexican
longhorns, vaqueros
cowboys who raised and rounded up the cattle in
Texas. (p. 341)
Moving the cattle from Texas to railroad towns in
cattle drives
Kansas. (p. 342)
These fences became common, they cut off the
barbed wire
cattle's access to the open range. (p. 342)
He invented barbed wire to help farmers fence in
Joseph Glidden
their lands on the plains. (p. 342)
In 1862, this act offered 160 acres of public land
Homestead Act free to any family that settled on it for 5 years. (p.
342)
This technique along with deep-plowing enabled
dry farming
settlers to survive on the Great Plains. (p. 342)
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Terms in this set (141)
Name given to lands between the Mississippi
The Great American and the Pacific Coast before 1860. There was very
Desert little rainfall in this area and the conditions were
poor for
settlement. (p. 339)
The plains west of this meridian had few trees and
usually received less than 15 inches of rain per
100th meridian
year. This meridian crosses near the middle of
Nebraska. (p. 339)
, These animals were essential to the nomadic
Native American tribes. In early 19th century there
buffalo herds
were 15 million of these animals on the Great
Plains, but by
1900 they were nearly wiped out. (p. 339)
The region west of the Mississippi River and east of
Great Plains
the Rocky Mountains. (p. 339)
From 1848 to the 1890s, gold and silver strikes
occurred in what became the states of California,
mineral resources
Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Arizona, and South
Dakota. (p. 340)
In 1848, the discovery of gold in California
caused the first flood of newcomers to the
territory. Gold and silver were later discovered
mining frontier,
in many other
boomtowns
areas of the west. These discoveries caused towns
to grow up very quickly, then often lose population
and collapse after the mining was no longer
profitable. (p. 340)
In the 1860s, about one-third of the western miners
were Chinese immigrants. Native-born Americans
Chinese Exclusion Act of resented the competition of these immigrants. In
1882 1862, this act was passed to prohibit further
immigration by Chinese laborers to the United
States. (p. 341)
, A few towns that served the mines, such as San
commercial cities Francisco, Sacramento, and Denver, grew into
prosperous cities. (p. 341)
The name for the cattle which were brought to
Texas from Mexico. The name for the Mexican
longhorns, vaqueros
cowboys who raised and rounded up the cattle in
Texas. (p. 341)
Moving the cattle from Texas to railroad towns in
cattle drives
Kansas. (p. 342)
These fences became common, they cut off the
barbed wire
cattle's access to the open range. (p. 342)
He invented barbed wire to help farmers fence in
Joseph Glidden
their lands on the plains. (p. 342)
In 1862, this act offered 160 acres of public land
Homestead Act free to any family that settled on it for 5 years. (p.
342)
This technique along with deep-plowing enabled
dry farming
settlers to survive on the Great Plains. (p. 342)
