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conquest of the west
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growth of new towns and cities
Mining encouarged the growth of the towns in the west because many people wanted to have gold and be rich. The farming industries had grown too because the west had to expand and we had more farming area. -
Jesse James
Jesse Woodson James was born inSeptember 5, 1847 and died in April 3, 1882.Jesse james was a american out law, gang leader , bank robber , trainr obber , murder from the state of missouri. -
discorvey of gold and silver
It beguan on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by james w .marshall at sutters mill in coloma , california. When this was told about the gold brought about 300,000 people to california. -
Homestead Act of 1862
The Homestead act gave people land for little to cost , this usely consited of a grant giving them about 160 acres. Presdient Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862 signed the act. -
Transcontinetal railroad system
Asa Whitney was the person who had the plan to make Transcontinetal railroad system. A transcontienntal railroad in the unitied states is any cotinuous rails connecting to a location. The railroads help us becasue you could get places faster and it help people expolare unpopulated areas. -
Barbed wire
.Lucien B. Smith was the iventor of the barbed wire.Barb wire is a type of metal fence with sharp edges. Barb wire help people out by keeping there live stock in a area , and to show that you owned or someone owned that land. -
Wild West Shows
Wild west performanced in the untied states and eourpe. The first wild west show was buffalo bills, and stared in 1883 and ended in 1913. -
“long drive” to “cattle ranching”
There were a major econmic activity in america west between 1866 to 1886.Millions of cattle were herded from texas to railheads kansas. -
Dawes Act
The Dawes act was showed to the congree by Henry Laurens Dawes. The Dawes act let the president survey the american indians and divide there land too. -
extinction of buffalo
As popultation grew the trade for fur and meat was raised. Travelers would shoot bison of the train on long train rides.The po-ulation of bison once at millions there were less then a 1000 in the 1890s.
