Expansion in the west Flashcards
John O sullivan
coined Manifest destiny, allotted providence for free development and promote annexation of Texas
Horace Greely
Promoted by “go west young man” and you can restart your life with this
What was the great plains known as
great american desert
what came out of people agreeing to the homestead act
10 contiguous states added to the union
What was the big pull
The offers to come to the great plains and west coast like gold
What were the main metals of the big pull
Gold Silver and Copper
Where were the metals of the big pull found 6
Colordo nevada montana south dakota Idaho and Arizona
What was the worst thing that could happen to you if your a tribe
metals found on your land
What did Henry Comstock do
violated treaty for loads of metals and it was called comstock Lode of silver in Virginia City Nevada sprang up around it
What was the first boom town
comstock Lode of silver in Virginia City Nevada sprang up around it
Whats a boom town
explodes in popularity out of nowhere
whats the order of people who come into boom towns
good then bad
what invention came up as a result of boom towns
jeans
Most famous Gun fight
Tombstone Arizona
What happened to these boom towns
they became ghost towns
why would a boom town turn into ghost towns
if it was not on the rail road all the materials would be ground up and then ghosted
What was a type of boom town for cattle
cow towns
what were main examples of cow towns
Dodge City and Abiline are cow towns
Why were there not many cow towns aka what led to the death of the cow town s
the realization and relocation of cattle to places near the railroad like teh Kansas pasfic rail road
what was the Kansas Pacific Rail road
led to the Interconential railroad and it mainly brought cattle to america from kansas
What was the trail that helped the cowboys called
Goodnight lovin
where did goodnight lovin end
Cheyenne Colorado
Who where teh people who transported the cattle
cowboys but 1/3 were vaqueros or blacks that escaped Jim crow
What happened to the cattle drive
Beef industry moved toward the rail road
What did the rr do to profit coming back from meat procuction
brought on passengers
Who are sodbusters
people who came to the west for the cheap land and worked on the land they bought from the rr
what is a sodbuster
Broke sod with iron plows
What was brought over that was a response to little rain water
Russian immigrants brought over wheat that was resistant to little water
What came out of sod busters
john deer steel plows
RR that hauled beef east brought settlers back west
transcontential
The Turner thesis
Turner claimed that our history cant be understood unless viewed in the light of the movement west
What is the frontier
between civilization and wilderness that brought the best in people to work hard =
What was the first frontier in America
applanations
Why was the closing of the froniter looked down upon
it was security that if you messed up you could always restart
What was the new frontier through
imperialism and things like the Phillipean and guam
What was the first law out west
martial law and then elect a sheriff and martial leaves to go elsewhere
Where was Abilene
Abilene at end of chisholm trail meet the kansas pacific railroad
Who is big foot
chief when the us army suprised attack their camp and was siblings of sitting bull or something
