1. “JOINING THE NATION TOGETHER” Ch. 12 Section 1

2. THE GREAT PLAINS

3. 1)The _____________ - west of the Mississippi River. 2) At the start of the Civil War, there was ________________ miles of railroads. The ______________________ railroad – ran across the entire country. FRONTIER 35,000 TRANSCONTINENTAL

4. 3)The ________________ Pacific (1863) and went east of __________________ The _____________ Pacific (1865) went west from ___________________. The _____________ hired Irish immigrants. The _____________ hired Chinese immigrants. Both hired ________________________________________. CENTRAL SACRAMENTO UNION OMAHA, NEBRASKA UNION CENTRAL NATIVE, AFRICAN, AND MEXICAN AMERICANS

5. 4) Working on the railroads was ____________________________. 5) In May of 1869, the two railroads met at _______________________________. 6) From the Mississippi to the Rockies was called the ________________. The __________ was good for farming and raising animals. HARD AND DANGEROUS PROMONTORY POINT, UTAH GREAT PLAINS SOIL

6. 7) The _______________________ (1862) was passed to get people to move west. Men who were ________ years old would get ________ acres of land. They had to pay _______ and had to live on the land for _____ years and had to build a house in ______ months and grow __________. HOMESTEAD ACT 21 160 $10 5 CROPS 6

7. These people were known as ___________________ HOMESTEADERS

8. Vocabulary Transcontinental – stretching across a continent Prairie – a large area of level or slightly rolling land Homesteader – a person who received land under the Homestead Act of 1862, a person who moved out west of the Mississippi River during the 1860s