AMERICAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE Version 2018
3.2 – The West is Transformed (130-138)
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A. Mining and the Growth of Railroads Objective: Analyze the impact of mining and railroads on the settlement of the West. | |
Q1. Why did boomtowns form? What challenges did they face? [p 130-131] | 1. Mining Towns Expand Across the West vigilantes boomtowns |
Q2. How did western mining change from 1849 to the 1870s? [p 131] | 2. Mining Becomes Big Business |
Q3. How was the transcontinental railroad built? [p 131-132] | 3. The Transcontinental Railroad Impacts the Frontier transcontinental railroad Sierra Nevada Mts. land grants Rocky Mts. Central Pacific Promontory, Utah Union Pacific |
Q4. How did the railroads encourage economic growth in the West? [p 132] | 4. Railroads Spur Settlement and Growth Northern Pacific Railroad Great Northern Railroad speculators |
B. The Cattle Industry Boom Objective: Explain the impact of physical and human geographic factors on the settlement of the Great Plains. | ||
Q5. How did the railroads affect the cattle industry? [p 132-134] | 1. Introduction cattle ranching Livestock 2. Longhorns and Vaqueros Texas longhorn “branded” open-range system cowboys “round up” | 3. Cowboys and Cattle Drives cattle drive 4. Cow Towns cow towns 5. The Open Range Comes to a Close barbed wire Joseph Glidden ** John Deere/ steel plow ** |
C. Farmers Settle the Plains Objective: Explain the impact of physical and human geographic factors on the settlement of the Great Plains. | |
Q6. How did the government encourage settlement of the Great Plains? [p 134-135] | 1. Introduction Great Plains Great American Desert ** 2. Westward Migration and Settlement squatters Preemption Act Homestead Act Benjamin Singleton Exodusters |
Q7. Drawing: Why might the lands and opportunities of the Great Plains have been especially appealing to African Americans following the Civil War? [p 134] Q8. InfoGraphic: How did the growth of innovative technology allow the Great Plains to support a larger population and more profitable economic activities? [p 135] | 3. Homesteading the Plains soddies ** Morrill Act |
D. Minorities Encounter Difficulties Objective: Analyze treatment of Chinese immigrants and Mexican Americans in the West. Discuss the ways various groups used land in the West and conflicts among them. | |
Q9. What challenges did Chinese immigrants face in the west? How did they cope with their problems? [p 135-136] | 1. Introduction 2. Economic Issues Challenge Chinese Immigrants Chinese Exclusion Act Yick Wo v. Hopkins |
Q10. What challenges did Mexican-Americans face in the west? How did they cope with their problems? [p 136] | 3. Land Ownership Proves Difficult for Mexican Americans Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Sante Fe Ring 4. Mexican Americans Defend Property Rights Las Gorras Blancas Alianza Hispano-Americana |
E. Struggles and Change Across the West Objective: Analyze treatment of Chinese immigrants and Mexican Americans in the West. Objective: Discuss the ways various groups used land in the West and conflicts among them. | |
Q11. What reasons can you identify to help explain prejudice and discrimination in the West? [p 137] | 1. Introduction 2. Tensions Over Economic Resources 3. Prejudices and Discrimination homesteaders sodbusters El Paso Salt War |
Q12. Which factors contributed to the idea that the American western frontier had come to a close? [p 137-138] | 4. Population Growth Ends the Frontier Oklahoma Territory boomers Sooners frontier Frederick Jackson Turner ** “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” |