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The Wild, Wild West

The Wild, Wild West. Americans Move to the West. Pre-Civil War moved to the West Coast gold mining ignored the Great Plains because the land wasn’t ideal for farming. Americans Move to the West. Post-Civil War mining – silver, gold

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The Wild, Wild West

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  1. The Wild, Wild West

  2. Americans Move to the West • Pre-Civil War • moved to the West Coast • gold mining • ignored the Great Plains because the land wasn’t ideal for farming

  3. Americans Move to the West • Post-Civil War • mining – silver, gold • boomtown: a town that has a sudden burst of economic or population growth

  4. Americans Move to the West • cattle • railroads could take cattle to the East for slaughter • Mexicans (vaqueros) and African Americans worked as cow hands

  5. Homestead Act • offered 160 acres of land to anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for 5 years • mass migration of African Americans and immigrants to the west • found it was very difficult to live there

  6. Populism • The People’s Party • after economic trouble, they wanted the government to make unlimited amounts of silver coins

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