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The Conquest of The West
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Extinction of Buffalo in 1800
Bison slaughter was encouraged by the US government. Ths lead to the starving or removal of Native Americans because they relied on Bison for food. -
Growth of New Towns and Cities to Support Cattle, Mining, and Farming industries
Mining encouraged the growth of towns in the West because many people wanted gold and became rich. -
Jesse James
Jesse James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri. He was also a famous leader of the James-Younger Game. Afer his death he became a legendary figure of the Wild West. -
Discoveries of Large Amounts of Gold and Silver
The discovery of large amounts of gold and silver caused consideral excitement throghout the United States. The Comstock Lode is known as the load of silver ore under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson. -
Homestead Act of 1862
The Homestead Acts were several United States federal laws that gave an ownership of land, at little or no cost. In the United States, this originally consisted of grants totaling 160 acres (65 hectares, or one-quarter section) of unappropriated federal land within the boundaries of the public land states. -
Transcontinental Railroad System
The transcontinental railroad replaced the much slower and dnagerous transportation of wagon trains, Pony Expres and stagecoach line, that crossed the country by land and the equally difficult sea journey around the southern tip of South America. -
Barbed Wire
Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, was allowed to get a patent for fencing material consisting of barbs wrapped around a single strand of wire and held in place by twisting that strand around another. -
Wild West Shows
William F. Cody opened Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show on May 19, 1883 at Omaha, Nebraska. -
Shift from “Long Drive” to “Cattle Ranching”
Cattle Drives were a major economic activity in the American west, when 20 million cattle were herded from Texas to railheads in Kansas for shipments to stockyards in Chicago and points east. -
Dawes at 1886
An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservations.
