the west test Flashcards
Define subsidy
money or goods given by a person or government to support a project that benefits the public the government decides to help people by giving them money or land
Define transcontinental railroad
it was a railroad that went across the whole USA it connected the pacific and atlantic coast
What was a boomtown
towns that popped up almost overnight next to mining sites
How did the government encourage railroads to expand to the West
by providing land grants. the government provided more that 130 million acres of land to railroad companies
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
because it was new and an opportunity to get rich
How did the expansion of railroads to the west change the United States
it made things alot easier because if something needed to be transported you can just put it on a train
Who was Fred Harvey
he was a businessman who started the first chain of restaurants. he set up businessman who started the first chain of restaurants. he set up restaurants along the Atchison, Topeka, and santa fe rail line known as harvey houses
Define cattle drive
when you move cattle from one place to another
Define cowtown
a town that is at the end of a cow trail but at the start of the railroad
How did the expansion of railroads help to create a successful cattle industry
the expansion of the railroads helped the cattle industry because the cattle could be sent to markets where people were willing to pay up to 10X more for beef
What contributed to the end of the cattle drives
you could no longer have cattle drives in the state
the cows had a “sickness”
the people who lived in cowtowns put up fences
Define homestead
a big plot of land where people could farm in Kansas
Define sodbusters
a farmer who plows the field
Define sooners
the first non african americans to live on the assigned land in present day oklahoma
