10/20 Chapter 10 Lessons 1-3 Flashcards
a rich vein of gold or silver between layers of rock
lode
self-appointed law enforcers who took the law into their own hands
Vigilante
a railroad that stretches across a continent fro coast to coast
Transcontinental RR
financial aid or a land grant from the government
Subsidy
the width of a train track
gauge
a system of connected lines that were standardized
network
to combine together
consolidate
discounts
rebate
a system where a group of farmers put the money together and shared supplies
pool
1858 a huge lode of gold was found in Sierra Nevada
Comstock Lode
towns that sprang up quickly as a result of gold being discovered
Boomtown
boomtowns deserted by people after the gold was gone
Ghost town
mad a fortune for designing sturdy pants for miners called jeans
Levi Strauss
began in Omaha, Nebraska and laid the track in a westward direction, hired immigrants from Ireland and Mexico as well as African Americans.
Union Pacific
began in Sacramento California and laid the track in an eastward direction, hired immigrants from China
Central Pacific
My 10th 1869 a city where the Union and Central Pacific met.
Promontory Point
governor of California who laid the last rail that connected the two Railroads
Leland Stanford
the herding and moving of cattle, usually to railroad lines
Cattle drive
a cowboy that was usually Mexican American, African American, or Native American
Vaquero
a settlement that grew up at the end of a cattle trail
cowtown
the acts passed in 1862 and 1890 that provided public land for agricultural colleges.
Morrill Acts
the buying of something in large quantities at lower prices
wholesale
a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
inflation
wild cattle that roamed in the wild brought over by the Spanish and Mexicans
Longhorn
the trail from central Texas to Abilene, Kansas
Chisholm Trail
invented barbed wire in 1874 used to corral catttle
Joseph Glidden
plains homes made of prairie grass
soddies
a farmer on the Great Plains in the late 1800s
Sodbuster
the thousands of African Americans who moved out West
Exodusters
a party of farmers with demands fro the government
populists
the political strategist for William Mckinley
Marcus Hanna
the 1896 Republican president from Canton Ohio
Mckinley
1867 it was a national group of farmers that helped eachother access supplies.
Grange
a sled pulled by a dog or horse
Travois
a tent made by stretching buffalo skins on tall poles
Tepee
a type of dried meat
Jerky
an enclosure for animals
Corral
a limited area of land set aside for Native Americans
Reservation
