1835 - 1862: Early settlement of the Plains Flashcards
Name of the route through the Rocky mountains publicised by Jedidiah Smith in 1825
Oregon Trail
Economic collapse on East coast of America: causes 25% of people to lose their jobs and lose up to 40% of wages
1837
US government spend 30,000 dollars on properly mapping the Oregon Trail, led by John Fremont
1841
In 1846, _ people had used the Oregon trail to migrate to the West
5,000
In 1846, 8,000 lived in California. By 1850, there were _
120,000
In the 1840s, lawlessness was only a minimal problem because _
The number of migrants in the West was still small and they usually had to rely on each other
Common California crimes in the 1840s
- Claim jumping
- Salting a claim
- Drunken violence
- Racist crime
Famine in China leads to Chinese migrants coming to California. From 2,000 in _ to 20,000 in _
1851, 1852
No law in territories during the 1840s and 50s until it reached _
60,000 people
Responses to crime were slow from 1840 - 1860 because _
The fastest mode of transportation was horseback. News took a long time to reach sheriffs or enforcers
Vigilante squads are formed in San Francisco to “tackle crime” despite having no real authority to do so, eventually hanging 89 suspects
1851
Crime rates rise in California during the 1850s due to_
The gold rush and everyone wanting some of it
Racist violence begins in California due to_
Chinese migrants take the jobs of the miners underground and cause them to become unemployed
In 1854, the government start encouraging people to settle on the Plains by creating the two territories_
Kansas and Nebraska
State of Plains settlers in 1850s
Small numbers of people begin settling in small numbers rather than just migrating across them
