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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K62piv9 PNAI

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. Who is Moving West?
Immigrants
Irish
German
Russian
Chinese

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

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