DOG What are the names of the two oceans that touch the U.S.?
Feb 24, 2016
DOG What are the names of
the two oceans that touch the U.S.?
CHAPTER 18THE WESTERN FRONTIER
Section 1- The Mining Booms
Pike’s Peak or Bust Gold found here in 1885
Lodes Rich streaks
of ORE sandwiched between layers of rocks
Ore
Rocks that contain minerals
What was the Comstock Lode?
The streak of silver found in Nevada
Comstock Lode Found on
the Carson River in Nevada
Henry Comstock Owned a
share of the claim
Sold it for 11,000 and 2 mules
Boomtowns Towns
that grew overnight around mining towns
Virginia City, Nevada Site of the
Comstock Boomtown
Vigilantes
Citizens acting as a judge, jury, and executioner
Ghost Towns
Deserted Boomtowns
The Railroad Grew
between 1865 and 1890
The Government paid them to build tracks
Subsides
Financial aid from the government
Transcontinental Rail Line A train that
could connect each coast
What are the names of the two coasts in the U.S.?
Atlantic, and Pacific
Railroad CompaniesUNION PACIFIC CENTRAL PACIFIC
What are the 4 time zones called?
Eastern Central Mountain Pacific
Chapter 18 Section 2
Mexico and Texas Settled by
the Spanish
Longhorns Cattle
found in Texas
Tough enough to survive the desert and heat
Open Range
Not fenced or divided into property lots
Where were the cow towns located and Why?
Near railroads so that the cows should be shipped east to bigger cities
Vaqueros
Hispanic ranch hands (cowboys)
Homestead Act Gave 160
acres of land to any settler who paid the filing fee
Homestead
Owning a piece of land because you settled it
Exodusters The
migration of freed slaves to the west
Sodbusters
Farmers on the plains
What is Sod?
Dry Farming Planting
seeds deep in the ground where there is some moisture
Boomers and Sooners Boomers
went to Oklahoma to claim free land
Sooners got there first
Chapter 18 Section 3 – Begin Reading
Chapter 18, Section III
American Story GALL CRAZY HORSE
Nomadic
People who follow their food
Plains Indian TribesOMAHA OSAGE CHIEF
BLACK DOG
Other Plains Indian Tribes
SIOUX COMANCHE
The Sioux Nation
Sioux Governing Council Worked
like a city council
Threats to the Buffalo The Indians
used everything
The Settlers shot them for fun
Reservations
Pieces of land set aside for the Indians
The Dakota Territory The lands
set aside for the Sioux Indians to live on
Bureau of Indian Affairs Was set up to
manage all the Indian tribes
Red Cloud Was the
leader of the Sioux warriors
The Minnesota Territory Where Red
Cloud and his warriors destroyed settler’s homes in 1862
The Lakota People Were the
original owners of the land where Mount Rushmore is today
The Bozeman Trail A route
used by gold miners to get through Montana
Crazy Horse Joined
Sitting Bull and the Cheyenne Warriors to attack Custer
Red Cloud and Crazy Horse
Leaders of the Sioux attacks on white settlers
Fort Lyon Where
several Sioux warriors surrendered to the Army
Chief Black Kettle Leader of the
Cheyenne who were attacked when they came in peace
John Chivington Led the
attack on Black Kettle and the Cheyenne
The Black Hills Located in
North Dakota Gold was
found here and men came onto Sioux land to get it
Sitting Bull Leader of
the Sioux Refused to
sell any land to U.S.
Battle of Little Big Horn When Sitting
Bull , the Sioux leader, and Crazy Horse , the Cheyenne leader, attacked and killed General Custer and his men
Lt. Colonel George Custer
Led his men to a massacre by the Cheyenne at Little Big Horn
Geronimo
The last of the Indians to surrender
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
“I Will Fight No More…..”
Dawes Act Forced the
Native Americans off of their land and made them become farmers
Wounded Knee The last battle
between the Armed forces of the U.S. and the Native Americans
Chapter 18 Section 4
National Grange
The first farmers association
Cooperatives Stores
where farmers bought products for each other
Populist Party
The party of the people
Free Silver
The unlimited production of silver coins
Grover Cleveland
Won the Presidential election of 1892
William McKinley Defeated
William Jennings Bryan in the election of 1896
The End