U.S. History (Unit 2) – Flashcards
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Open Range
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Vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government. Ranchers could graze their cattle for free.
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Hacienda
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A huge ranch
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Homestead Act
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An act that offered free land to western settlers.
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Great Plains
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The grassland region of the U.S.
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Dry Farming
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A way of farming in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there was moisture.
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Bonza Farming
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A large, highly profitable wheat farm.
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Allotment
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A plot of land assigned to an individual or a family for a specific use.
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Assimilate
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To absorb a group into the culture of another population.
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Entrepreneur
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One who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business or enterprise.
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Laissez-Faire
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A policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy.
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Land Grant
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A grant of land by the federal government, especially for the roads, railroads, or agriculture colleges.
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Gross National Product (GDP)
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Total value of goods and services produced by a country during a year.
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How did mineral discoveries shape the settlement of the west?
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Brings prospectors, merchants, railroads, and statehood.
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Why was cattle ranching an important business for the Great Plains?
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It encouraged the expansion of the railroad and it helped bring people to the west.
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What encouraged settlers to move west to the Great Plains?
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Free land from the government brought families and cheap land from the railroad. This also brought investors.
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What new methods and technologies revolutionized agriculture and made it practical to cultivate the Plains?
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Dry Farming, Bonza Farming, Steel Plows, Threshing Machine, Seed Drills, and Reapers
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How did the westward migration change the Plain Indian's way of life?
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Settlers took the land and killed the buffalo.
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Were Native Americans justified in leaving the reservation and refusing relocation by the U.S. government?
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The Indians weren't farmers, they weren't given what they needed, and their treaty's kept getting violated.
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Why was the U.S. successful at industrialization?
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Natural resources and a large workforce.
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What invention from this section has had the most important impact on daily life.
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Ice making machine, answers may very
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How did the Laissez-Faire economics promote industrialization?
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The lack of government regulation attracted investors.
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How did the Transcontinental Railroad transformed the west?
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Connected the Nation (East to West), made travel faster, transported natural resources, closed the Frontier, and helped settle the west.
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How did the government grants to build the railroads result in a large scale corruption?
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People got greedy from the lack of regulation.
