Expansion in the west

Question 1

John O sullivan

Answer 1

coined Manifest destiny, allotted providence for free development and promote annexation of Texas

Question 2

Horace Greely

Answer 2

Promoted by “go west young man” and you can restart your life with this

Question 3

What was the great plains known as

Answer 3

great american desert

Question 4

what came out of people agreeing to the homestead act

Answer 4

10 contiguous states added to the union

Question 5

What was the big pull

Answer 5

The offers to come to the great plains and west coast like gold

Question 6

What were the main metals of the big pull

Answer 6

Gold Silver and Copper

Question 7

Where were the metals of the big pull found 6

Answer 7

Colordo nevada montana south dakota Idaho and Arizona

Question 8

What was the worst thing that could happen to you if your a tribe

Answer 8

metals found on your land

Question 9

What did Henry Comstock do

Answer 9

violated treaty for loads of metals and it was called comstock Lode of silver in Virginia City Nevada sprang up around it

Question 10

What was the first boom town

Answer 10

comstock Lode of silver in Virginia City Nevada sprang up around it

Question 11

Whats a boom town

Answer 11

explodes in popularity out of nowhere

Question 12

whats the order of people who come into boom towns

Answer 12

good then bad

Question 13

what invention came up as a result of boom towns

Answer 13

jeans

Question 14

Most famous Gun fight

Answer 14

Tombstone Arizona

Question 15

What happened to these boom towns

Answer 15

they became ghost towns

Question 16

why would a boom town turn into ghost towns

Answer 16

if it was not on the rail road all the materials would be ground up and then ghosted

Question 17

What was a type of boom town for cattle

Answer 17

cow towns

Question 18

what were main examples of cow towns

Answer 18

Dodge City and Abiline are cow towns

Question 19

Why were there not many cow towns aka what led to the death of the cow town s

Answer 19

the realization and relocation of cattle to places near the railroad like teh Kansas pasfic rail road

Question 20

what was the Kansas Pacific Rail road

Answer 20

led to the Interconential railroad and it mainly brought cattle to america from kansas

Question 21

What was the trail that helped the cowboys called

Answer 21

Goodnight lovin

Question 22

where did goodnight lovin end

Answer 22

Cheyenne Colorado

Question 23

Who where teh people who transported the cattle

Answer 23

cowboys but 1/3 were vaqueros or blacks that escaped Jim crow

Question 24

What happened to the cattle drive

Answer 24

Beef industry moved toward the rail road

Question 25

What did the rr do to profit coming back from meat procuction

Answer 25

brought on passengers

Question 26

Who are sodbusters

Answer 26

people who came to the west for the cheap land and worked on the land they bought from the rr

Question 27

what is a sodbuster

Answer 27

Broke sod with iron plows

Question 28

What was brought over that was a response to little rain water

Answer 28

Russian immigrants brought over wheat that was resistant to little water

Question 29

What came out of sod busters

Answer 29

john deer steel plows

Question 30

RR that hauled beef east brought settlers back west

Answer 30

transcontential

Question 31

The Turner thesis

Answer 31

Turner claimed that our history cant be understood unless viewed in the light of the movement west

Question 32

What is the frontier

Answer 32

between civilization and wilderness that brought the best in people to work hard =

Question 33

What was the first frontier in America

Answer 33

applanations

Question 34

Why was the closing of the froniter looked down upon

Answer 34

it was security that if you messed up you could always restart

Question 35

What was the new frontier through

Answer 35

imperialism and things like the Phillipean and guam

Question 36

What was the first law out west

Answer 36

martial law and then elect a sheriff and martial leaves to go elsewhere

Question 37

Where was Abilene

Answer 37

Abilene at end of chisholm trail meet the kansas pacific railroad

Question 38

Who is big foot

Answer 38

chief when the us army suprised attack their camp and was siblings of sitting bull or something