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LEQ: How will American settlers find success in the West during the late 1800s?

Post 1849 Looking for gold in Colorado, Nevada (Comstock Lode) and Klondike River

Mining Methods Placer Mining- minerals found in loose sand or gravel.

Mining Methods Hydraulic mining- Use of water under high pressure to blast away dirt Minerals are then exposed

Mining Method Hard-rock mining Cutting deep shafts in solid rock to extract the ore.

Cattle Boom After the Civil War, American’s wanted beef in order to feed growing cities

Cattle Boom Chisholm Trail- important cattle trail that went from Texas to Kansas

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Changes in the Business Joseph Glidden will invent barbed wire. Enclosure

Homestead Act Homestead Act- allowed males (at least 21 yo) to claim up to 160 acres

Homestead Act Conditions: Build home Improve land Farm for 5 years before being able to own land

Pacific Railway Act Government gave land to railroad companies to encourage the building of telegraph and railroads.

Morrill Act Government provided land for agricultural and mechanic colleges Colleges funded by morrill act?

Who is Moving West? African Americans Exodusters- settlers looking for peace who settled in Kansas, Missouri, Indiana and Illinois

Who is Moving West? Americans from the East Middle class farmers and business men

Who is Moving West? Immigrants Irish German Russian Chinese

Farming in the West Challenges: Harsh climate Scarce water Lumber shortage

Farming in the West Bonanza Farming- farms that had expensive equipment, managers and skilled laborers. When is the first tractor invented? 1892 (car-1886)