Ch. 4 US History – Flashcards
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Early prosecuters would extract shallow deposits of ore by
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Placer mining
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The Comstock Load was a rich deposit of
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Silver
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Many of the first miners in the Colorado mountains did not find any minerals because
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The minerals were buried too deep
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In the early 1800s, Americans did not think cattle ranches on the Great Plains were practical because
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Eastern cattle could not survive on the tough prairie grasses
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The Chisholm Trail was a trail that
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Cowboys used to drive cattle to a railroad line
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At first ranchers saw barbed wire as a threat because it
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Kept their herds from roaming freely
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The Homestead Act have land to homesteaders if they ... For five years
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Lived on it
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One approach to the Great Plains was "dry farming" in which farmers
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Planted seeds deep in the ground
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In the 1890s some farmers tried to survive by mortgaging their land because
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A glut of wheat on the world market caused prices to drop
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The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Americans by
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Giving them land for farming
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After ore deposits near the surface dwindled, mining corporations began using
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Quartz mining
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People using the phrase like "Pikes Peak or Bust!" Were
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Gold miners
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Huge ranches that covered thousands of acres were called
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Haciendas
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What describes the historical significance of vaqueros
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They taught their trade to American Cowboys
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The fencing of the open range resulted in
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The end of the long cattle drives
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Large landholders on the Great Plains were able to
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Invest in the tools they needed
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What was a hardship faced by settlers on the Great Plains
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Prairie fires
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Before the sand creek massacre, the Cheyenne had come to fort Lyon to
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Negotiate
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The army encouraged the killing of buffalo in order to
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Force Native Americans into reservations
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The confrontation at Wounded Knee occurred because the chief's followers
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Preformed a ritual
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What greatly spurred the settlement of Colorado, Arizona, and Montana
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The arrival of large numbers of miners
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The slogan "Rain follows the plow" was meant to
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Suggest human settlement could change weather patterns
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A glut of wheat on the world market led to
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Falling wheat prices paid to farmers
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What was the effect of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
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The previous policy of assimilation was reversed
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Many Americans lost their lands in the West because
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American courts would not recognize Spanish land grants
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The Dakota Sioux uprising occurred as a result of
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Poverty, caused by annuities payments that were not received
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War chief who lured an army detachment into an ambush
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Crazy Horse
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Calvary commander at Little BigHorn
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George Custer
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Chief who led a Dakota Sioux uprising in Minnesota
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Little crow
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Leader of the Cheyenne who was massacred at Sand Creek
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Black Kettle
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Places where many jobs are available
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Boom towns
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Historian who studies the frontier
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Fredrick Jackson Turner
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Nez Perce chief who surrendered after a flight of 1,300 miles
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Chief Joseph
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Occurred when farmer blocked cattle trails
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Range wars
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Located near the Comstock Lode
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Virginia City
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Prospector who staked a claim in Six Mile Canyon, Nevada
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Henry Comstock
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Self-appointed law enforcers
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Vigilance Committees
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Destination for the first cattle drive
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Sedalia
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Writer who sparked discussion of better treatment for Native Americans
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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Cattle that roamed wild on the grasslands of Texas
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Longhorns
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Invention that helped end the Cowboy lifestyle
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Barbed wire
