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Explore the impact of mining, railroading, and cattle kingdom on Western settlement patterns. Delve into the immigrant experience, Chinese Exclusion Act, nativism, and more. Uncover the challenges and opportunities that shaped the American frontier.
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US History Taming the West
US History Chapter 6 Section 3 How did industries such as Mining, Railroading, the Cattle Kingdom and Farming affect settlement patterns in the West? Summarize the reasons for immigration, shifts in settlement patterns, and the immigrant experience including the Chinese Exclusion Act, the impact of Nativism, Americanization, and the immigrant experiences at Ellis Island.
the MINERS
Main Idea- Mining drew out settlers who thought they could make an easy fortune but created excessive people with little land
Positives and Negatives of Mining Positive and Negative Aspects of Mining In the West Vigilante rule was required An alternate industry to railroads in the West Large amounts of water was used and discarded Chinese Immigration dramatically increased Provided wealth to develop Western States
Mining (“Boom”) Towns--Now Ghost Towns (Helldorados) Calico, CA
The Best of Times the Worst of Times…For Women! • Boarding Houses • Prostitution • Families to cancel black vote • The Right to Vote? • Wyoming 1869 • Utah 1870 • Colorado 1893 • Idaho 1896
US History Quizdom Mining in the West contributed to… Growth of towns including boom towns Growth of industry and jobs Pollution out West All of the above A and B only B and C only
US History Quizdom • Which of the following describes “law and order” in the western mining and “boom” towns in the 1870s-1890s • Vigilantism • Vandalism • Militias • Anarchy
US History Quizdom Women were given the right to vote in states like Wyoming and Utah in the hopes that… Civilized, middle class families would replace lawless settlers and black voters More women would invite more wild settlers to increase available workers More women settlers would entice more immigrant workers Cool-headed women voters would vote to end corruption and vice such saloons and gun fighting
the Railroad builders
Main Idea- westward expansion demanded a link from east to west which in turn opened the door to more settlers moving west Pacific Railway Act 1862 Cheap immigrant labor Western Railroads Unsettling Native Americans Land grants and government loans
Transcontinental Railroad- Lewis and Clark Realized Promontory Point, UT(May 10, 1869) Union Pacific Irish and black workers Omaha-westward Central Pacific Chinese Workers Sacramento- Eastward
Negative Effects of Railroads Farmers (sod busters) and ranchers reliance and Hate for Railroads
US History Quizdom Which two railroad companies completed the first transcontinental railroad line from Sacramento to Omaha? Union Pacific and Baltimore and Ohio Central Pacific and Union Pacific Central Vanderbilt and Credit Moblier The New York and the Erie Railroads
US History Quizdom Which of the following would have most likely been a disagreement about the railroads coming from a “sodbuster”? “I do not agree with killing the buffalo” “I do not like relying on railroads’ freight rates as my only source to transport my crops” “I do not agree with the amount of immigrant labor the railroads seem to bring” “Railroads are polluting our environment” Steel Plow [“Sod Buster”]
The Cattlemen & the Sheep herders
Vaqueros Drovers- Cattle drivers Free grazing The Open Range System Cattle trails
Black Cowboys Bass Reeves- The Lawman Legend from Indian Territory Bill Pickett- The King of “Bulldoggin”
The Open Range system (free-grazing while moving to sale) led to the importance of cattle trails and rail heads The Cattle Trails lead to railheads- towns where trails and rails meet
the GUNSLINGERS
Colt .45 Revolver God didn’t make men equal.Colonel Colt did!
Legendary Gunslingers & Train Robbers Jesse James Billy the Kid Main Idea- Lack of Law enforcers and high corruption from Railroaders and big ranchers means opportunity for outlaws
Legends were made out of lawmen as well Dodge City Peace Commission, 1890
Gunslingers William Henry McCarty Jesse James Wyatt Earp Worked mostly in New Mexico, was thought to have escaped death until 1955 Missouri based outlaw who’s gang included his brother. Targeted railroads and banks Made his legend as a peace-keeper in Dodge City and Tombstone
US History Quizdom Published stories of gunfighters and outlaws in the East most likely… Detracted from Western settlements Contributed to the “romanticism of the west” Inflated the reputations of these figures Gave an accurate depiction of daily life in western towns All the above B and C only
US History Quizdom Which of the following outlaws match the clues to the right? Billy the Kid Lucky Ned Kristi Belle Starr Jesse James Former Confederate guerilla fighter Born and operated in and around Missouri Assassinated by one of his own men
The Range Wars SheepHerders CattleRanchers
Barbed Wire ended free grazing Joseph Glidden
The Fall of the CowboyFrederick Remington Winter 1886-1887
US History Quizdom 9 Which of the following statements is true given what is shown to the right? This system preceded barbed wire This system gave rise to “cow towns” What is shown to the right was heavily influenced by the Mexican Vaqueros All of the above None of the above
US History Quizdom 10 Which of the following factors helped lead to the end of the “open range” system? Barbed wire The winters of 1886 and 1887 Long summer droughts Advancing farmers and sheepherders All of the above All of the above except C
The Farmers
Frontier Settlements: 1870-1890 What’s the Pattern? 100th Meridian
Homestead Act 1862 • Ode To Homesteading in Greer County, OK “Hurrah for Greer County! The land of the free, The land of the bedbug, grasshopper, and flea; I’ll sing of its praises, I’ll tell of its fame, While starving to death on my government claim.”
New AgriculturalTechnology Steel Plow [“Sod Buster”] 1880s- 6 year drought “There is no God west of Salina” Dry Farming-shallow, constant cultivation = Dust Bowl “Prairie Fan”Water Pump
Land Speculators got 10X more land than independents Bribery for corporate land grabs-natural resources Real Improvements? Corruption from Hope
Mary Richardson Walker Woman Moving out West- “my circumstances are rather trying. So much danger attends me on every hand. A long journey before me, going I know not whither, without my mother and sister to attend me, can I expect to survive?” One month later- “in afternoon we rode thirty-five miles without stopping. Pretty well tired out, all of us. Stood it pretty well myself.”
Frederick Jackson Turner “American History has been in a large degree the history of colonization of the Great West” The Significance of the Frontier in American Society(1893) End of the Frontier?
US History Quizdom 11 Dry Farming practices would eventually lead to… Increased settlement of the plains states The dust bowl The end of the “cattle kingdom” all of the above None of the above
US History Quizdom 12 After comparing the two statements on the right, Mary Richardson’s experience indicates… That she struggled a great deal with sexist attitudes out West That she adapted well to the challenges that faced her on the frontier That she was ill-equipped to deal with frontier life That on the frontier, she depended heavily on her husband’s care. “my circumstances are rather trying. So much danger attends me on every hand. A long journey before me, going I know not whither, without my mother and sister to attend me, can I expect to survive?” Mary Richardson Walker during her move out west One month later- “in afternoon we rode thirty-five miles without stopping. Pretty well tired out, all of us. Stood it pretty well myself.”
Minority groups in the West
