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Jesse james
The infamous Jesse James.
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Gold Rush
Discovered by James.W Marshal at stutters mill in Caloma california.
The gold rush made many people move west for a chance at riches. -
growth of new towns and cities to support cattle, mining, and farming industries
The Mineral Revolution is a term used by historians to refer to the rapid industrialisation and economic changes which occurred in South Africa from the 1870s onwards. -
Homestead Act
The homestead act.
Enouraged western migration, -
Transcontinental Railroad
presented in congress in 1847
Made by 1863 -
Cattle Drive
Cattle drives had to strike a balance between speed and the weight of the cattle. While cattle could be driven as far as 25 miles (40 km) in a single day, -
Barbed Wire
Lucien B. Smith is considered the inventor.
This device has been molded many ways. -
Wild West Shows
Cowboys driving cattle over open range. Outlaws and lawmen facing one another on a dusty main street. Indian hunters racing through buffalo herds on horseback. These images, so familiar from books and movies, are what come to mind when many people think of the American West.” Although these images are not entirely fictionalized, the real American West was home to European settlers and pioneers. Show helped develop dramatic images of the "wild west" and the west was a place open for imaginationat -
Dwarves Act
Authorized the president to survey indian land.
And to distrupute it equally. -
Cattle Extinction
Once numbering in the hundreds of millions in North America, the population of the American Bison decreased to less than 1000 by 1890, resulting in the near-extinction of American bison. Thanks in large part to conservation efforts undertaken by Theodore Roosevelt and by the US government, there are now over 500,000 bison in America.
