1. Chapter #13: Settling the West (1865-1900)
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The Great Plains
The Wheat Belt
Chapter #13: Settling the West ( )

2. The West

3. Gold
Gold
silver
silver
copper
copper
Gold
Gold
silver
silver
copper
copper

4. 1) What attracted the first wave
Copper
1) What attracted the first wave
of settlers to the West?

5. 1) What attracted the first wave
GOLD
1) What attracted the first wave
of settlers to the West?

6. 1) What attracted the first wave
of settlers to the West?
SILVER

7. Placer Mining placer mining 2) What is the difference
between placer mining and
quartz mining?
Placer Mining
placer mining
-the process of digging for
minerals by hand or using
simple equipment like picks,
shovels, and pans.

8. -digging deep beneath the surface.
Quartz Mining
Quartz Mining
-digging deep beneath the surface.

9. 3) What was Henry Comstock's "big strike in Nevada"?
-probably the greatest mineral
(silver) find in american history.
1, > 30,000
(population)

10. nevada city, montana Bodie Ghost Town (California)
4)Why was it common for settlements to shift from "boomtown" to "ghost town"?
"Boom" Town
(silver, gold, or copper discovered and
people move to that location)
"Ghost" Town
(Use up all resources and move on...
which leaves that settlement abandoned)
Bodie Ghost Town (California)
nevada city, montana

11. 5) What were Vigilance Committees (Vigilantes)?
*Take The Law Into Your Own Hands?
*Volunteer Law Enforcers?

12. 6) Why was the sluice more efficient than panning for
precious minerals?
- a sluice is a wooden box trench
with "riffles" or grooves at the
bottom. River water flows through
and minerals settle at the bottom.

13. silver copper 7) What attracted newcomers to present-day states of
Colorado, North / South Dakota and Montana?
GOLD
silver
copper

14. 8) How was the Texas Longhorn breed of cattle
different from cattle in the East?
Great Plains = Tough Conditions
*water is scarce
*tough prairie grass
Longhorn Cattle
*lean & rangy...could easily survive in the
harsh climate of the Great Plains!

15. 1) Civil War 2) Railroads and Cattle Trails
9) What 2 developments gave ranchers reason to round up longhorns?
1) Civil War
2) Railroads and Cattle Trails
emerge in the Great Plains.
-limited supply of cattle
in the east to feed civil
war soldiers ( ).

16. #10: "Mining Country and Cattle Trails, 1848-1890"
1) What cities were destination
points for the Chisholm Trail?
2) Why do you think the
destination cities at the
end of the cattle trails
are all located along
railroad lines?

17. #11: The Long Drive *Cowboys hired by major ranchers to "drive" their
cattle north and sell for
a profit.

18. #12: How did heavy investment in the
cattle industry affect the industry as a whole?
*More money invested on cattle
Acquire more cattle
supply of cattle exceeds demand
an oversupply of cattle
Price of Cattle
(drops)
Cattle ranchers lose money

19. #13: Where is the Great Plains region located?

20. 14) What geographic factors created challenges to the
settlement of the Great Plains
in the late 1800s?
a) 20 inches of rain per year.
b) trees only grow along rivers.

21. 15) What factors attracted settlers to the Great Plains?
a) railroads
b) ticket to prosperity
c) "rain follows the plow"

22. #16: What did the Homestead Act provide
for settlers in the Great Plains region?
a) public land available for settlement.
b) 160 acres of land / title after 5 yrs.
c) legal method for settling land in west.

23. #17: What kind of inventions and new farming methods
revolutionized agriculture in the Great Plains region?
dry farming
(plant seeds deep in ground
where there is enough moisture)
seed drills
steel plow

24. #18: Where is the Wheat Belt region located?

25. #19: Why did farmers fall on hard times?
a) #1 world wheat exporter
b) rising competition globally
c) glut of wheat on the world market
d) wheat prices drop

26. #20) What was the Oklahoma Land Rush?
*one of the last territories open for settlement in the West.
*Symbolized the end of an era
(the frontier was closing)

27. #21) In what ways were different groups of Plains Indians similar?
*close relationship with nature.
*extended family networks
*governing council
*traditional gender roles

28. #22) Why did settlers and Native Americans clash
throughout the Great Plains region?
*broken land treaties
*native american hunting grounds.
*forced to live on reservations

29. #23) What proposal did the Indian Peace
Commission present to the Plains Indians?
*2 large reservations on the Plains, 1 for the Sioux and 1 for southern Plains Indians.
*united states military would settle any disputes or problems.

30. available for American/ Native American conflicts?
What were some options
available for American/
Native American conflicts?
What was the BEST option?

31. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

32. How did Charles Eastman live within two worlds?
Define the 1887 Dawes Act and why was this seen as the “best” thing for Native Americans by whites.

33. How do we see Native Americans and their concerns today?

34. Ch. 13 Quiz Turn in the Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Assignment
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