1. Guided Reading Activity 18-1
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2. 1. Colorado and Nevada
Copper, lead & zinc
2. To ship metals east and bring food and supplies to the miners in the west. Also, to make travel easier
3. The Civil War caused a shortage of beef

3. 4. The herding of cattle 1,000 miles or more to meet the railroads
5. Chisholm Trail & Goodnight Loving Trail
6. A. overgrazing
B. overproduction
C. severe winters killing the cattle

4. 7. Factors
A. Railroads
B. Climate made for farming
C. Free land

5. 8. Congress passed this law in 1862 giving 160 acres of land free to any settler who paid the $10 and lived on the land for 5 years
9. Oklahoma Territory
10. Buffalo

6. 11. the government wanted to move Native Americans to reservations
12. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
13. Wounded Knee

7. 14. To get the Native Americans to become farmers and eventually U. S
14. To get the Native Americans to become farmers and eventually U.S. citizens – also to break up the tribes
15. Farmers’ Alliance & Populist Party
16. The democratic candidate, William Jennings Bryan, who was supported by farmers, was defeated in the 1896 election by William McKinley