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extinction of buffalo in 1800s
The buffalo was hunted till all of them were extinct or dead, most likely because of there valuble furs. -
growth of new towns and cities to support cattle, mining, and farming industries
New cities were made to support the amount of people in the west because cities to support cattle, mining, and farming of which they eventually turned into ghost towns. -
Period: to
1800-1900
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Transcontinental Railroad System
Suggested by Asa Whitney in 1845, a large connected railway system, usually miles upon miles long. The first one was built in 1863 and finished in 1869 conecting the east and west halves of the United States. The first offical railroad was callled the "Pacific Railroad." -
Jesse James
Jesse James was a master thief and his gang was responsible for over 20 bank robberies. -
Discoveries of large amounts of gold and silver
In California Gold rush started in 1848 started by a man named James W. Marshall who was surposed to be the first peron to discover gold. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. -
Barbed Wire
Invented around 1868, barbed wire was used to farm or hold animals in there pens. It also helped with land division and providing a theme of safety. Problems with this is that it kept the cows stuck in the area when winter happepend killing the cows. -
Wild West Shows
From 1883 to 1913 they were like carnivals-ish. The prototype of the WIld West Shows was Buffalo Bills. -
Dawes Act of 1886
In 1886, this act allowed the president to survay and divide the American Indian lands. Used to push the American Indians into American society, reduced American Indian land to a certain degree. The American Indian's were off course not that happy. -
shift from “long drive” to cattle ranching
Between 1866 and 1886 the cattle was hearded on long journeys to the meat processing plants, but after 1886 most cattle farms were built close to these processing plants, therefor cattle ranching took over.
