I-10

Question 1

Describe how settlers’ use of western lands led to conflicts with one another.

Answer 1

• Violence & acts of sabotage between farmers, ranchers, sheepherders, farmers
• Prejudice & discrimination
• Mining polluted water- hurt ranchers, farmers,sheepherders> water usage was unregulated- benefited companies
• Grazing cattle ruined farmers’ crops + couldn’t graze on the same land as sheep

Question 2

Who was the biggest loser of these conflicts?

Answer 2

Native Americans

Question 3

Describe the diversity of the American West.

Answer 3

20% of nation’s population, 80% of the nation’s Asians, Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Native American residents

Question 4

What factors caused fear,distrust, and conflict?

Answer 4

Difference:

• Food
• Religion
• Language
• Cultural practices
• Competition

Question 5

When and where was the last major land rush in the United States?

Answer 5

(1889) Oklahoma Territory

Question 6

What is the difference between a ‘boomer and a ‘sooner’?

Answer 6

‘Boomers’- people who legally staked their claim

‘Sooners’- people who illegally staked their claim

Question 7

What new challenges still lay ahead in the American frontier?

Answer 7

• Controversies over Indians’ land rights
• Battles over water
• Mistreatment of minority citizens—Chinese, Mexican Americans, African Americans, Women