Chapter 19 Flashcards
What are subsidies?
Financial aid and land grants
What railroad group worked eastward from Sacramento?
Central Pacific
What railroad group worked westward from Omaha?
Union pacific Company
The Central Pacific Railroad relied on workers that moved from what country?
China
The Union Pacific Railroad relied on workers that moved from what country?
Ireland
What occurred on May 10, 1869?
Golden Spike Event
What was significant about the final spike in the Transcontinental Railroad?
It was a golden spike
What did the American Railway Association do to our country in 1883?
Divided our country into 4 time zones
What were open ranges?
Land not fenced in or divided into lots
What were long drives?
A trip of several hundred miles to get to a desintation
What were three challenges that faced the American Cowboy?
Tough weather conditions, rustlers who tried to steal cattle, and fighting off stampdees
What was passed by Congress in 1862 to encourage people to move to the Great
Plains?
The homestead act
How much land is an acre?
1 football field
What invention by John Deere allowed farmers to break through the tough
Midwestern sod?
Steel plow
What was used to keep livestock in a contained area and to mark territory?
Barbed wire