Railroads &Mining, Ranchers &Farmers Flashcards
define subsity
money granted by the government to help a business so that the price of a good remain low.
define transcontinental railroad
A transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses the country from coast to coast.
what was boomtown?
A boomtown is a town that grows rapidly with people who came there next to a mine to make money
how did the government encourage railroads to expand west?
they provided 130 m. acres of railroad for them to work on to help expand
If the building of the first transcontinental railroad started in 1862, which President would have authorized its construction?
Abraham Lincoln
How did mining and railroads draw people to the West?
they could make a lot of money
How did the expansion of railroads to the west change the United States?
it expanded the U.S. from coast to coast
who was Fred Harvey?
Harvey was an entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House lunch rooms, restaurants, and hotels, which served rail passengers on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
define cattle drive
A cattle drive is moving a herd of cattle from one place to another in order to get them to the railroads
Define Cowtown.
a town or city in a cattle-raising area of western North America.
How did the expansion of railroads help to create a successful cattle industry?
with the open space in the midwest, it gave farmers more space to raise cattle.
what contributed to the end of cattle drives?
the railroad expanded to Texas so there was no need to move them, and the rich and farmers started fencing off their land to keep the cattle from destroying their crops
define homestead.
to earn ownership of land by living on it
Define sodbusters.
name given to Great Plain farmers
define sooners
the name given to settlers who entered the unassigned lands in what is now Oklahoma before it was officially proclaimed them open to settlement
