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| Using simple equipment like picks, shovels, and pans to mine. |
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| Big silver strike 1859, Henry Comstock 6 mile canyon in Nevada. |
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| Digging beneath the surface. |
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| "Rising rooms" that carried people up levels. First one was in a hotel room in Nevada. |
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| Large wheat farm - named for their large profit. |
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| Mining town in Colorado. Legendary boom town known for its rich lead deposits that contained silver. |
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| Supported settlement in the Great Plains $10 for 160 acres and you need to live there for 5 years. |
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| To plants seeds deep in the ground where there was enough moisture to grow. |
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| Where 1.5 million cowboys headed up to Abilene. A way to move cattle |
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| Enabled hundred of square miles to be fenced off cheaply + easily. Ended long drives. |
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| Founded by Zebulon Pike. On Oregon Trail. Gold Mining. |
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| Beef cow with horns. A breed of Texas cattle. |
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| A mine in Virginia.(Comstock Strike) |
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| To track down and punish wrongdoers. |
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| Used to tell the owner of cattle. |
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| A tract of public and available for settlement. |
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| People who settled and farmed the Great Plains. |
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| Novels that were worth a dime. |
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| Past in 1887 allotted 160 acres per household. |
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| What Native Americas ate (main food source) |
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| A ritual that celebrated hope for day of reckoning when settlers would disappear. |
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| What happened at Wounded Knee? |
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| A huge massacre where many people were killed and left unburied. |
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| Why did early explorers believe that the Great Plains could not be useful for farming and ranching? |
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| They thought it was dry land. |
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| Why was mining in Colorado difficult in the beginning? |
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| It twas hard to find any gold. It was deep underground. |
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| What made life difficult for plain farmers? |
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| Dry land and bad weather. |
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| Why was wheat a good crop for farmers to grow on the plains? |
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| It was good for making food. Drought resistant. |
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| What did the army do with the buffalo herds on the plains? |
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| The Cheyenne went to Camp Lyon to negotiate and were killed. |
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| What happened in 1890 to farmers on the plains? |
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| There were Native Americas that arrived. |
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| Why did Native Americans and European settlers have a difficult time getting along. |
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Native Americans - needed land left alone for hunting.
Europeans - needed fenced land for farming. |
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| What were some factors that pushed and pulled people west? |
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| New start, gold, land (expensive), racism, overcrowd, poor city living conditions. |
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| Why is Sitting Bull considered a great man among the Lakota people? |
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| He was really religious and was like a chief to the people. Medicine man who would not compromise. |
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