New Frontiers notesheet Flashcards
list the 4 factors that lead people to settle in the west
Belief in Manifest Destiny
Ag. wealth from fertile lands and cattle ranching
Abundance of resources(forests)/minerals
Transcontinential railroad-linked east to west, option to move west rather than by foot or wagon
Homestead Act of 1862
made available 160acres of land to any settler willing to farm it, settlers had to live on the land for 5 years
Open range
where cattle ranches could graze their herds free of change and without boundaries
name 2 things about the Cattle ranch
Herds mved along trails and railroad lines
cowboys were former confederate army soliders, hispanic and many were african american
Name 2 things about Abundance resourses
Minerals: gold, silver, copper
Led to growth of boomtowns which later lead to ghost towns
4 things about the Trnsontineal Railroad
Conected East to west
2 railway line were union pacific and central pacific
workers included union pacific and central pacific
workers included chinese laborers, and irish immigrants
completed on may 10,1869
2 things about the groups affected by expansionism
native americans and mexican americans did not benefit from the settlement of the west
Affected native americans by expansion, forced to rezs to assimilate to “white man culture” failed but resulted in loss f culture and decline in population
Dawes severalty act of 1887
decreed parcels of land be given to indivisuals. Native Americans not skilled farmers thus they dont wont parcels broken up. Unallocated land would be sold w/ proceeds put in trust for native mericans-plan failed